Social Thinking

Saying that people whose houses were destroyed by a tornado are at fault for choosing to live in a disaster-prone area or for not building a stronger house.

• Availability Heuristic
• Situational Attribution
• Belief in a Just World
• Priming

Interviewers preferring the first candidate they interviewed more than the middle group because they remembered her better

• Recency Effect
• False Consensus Effect
• Primacy Effect
• Counterfactual thinking

Which of the following is NOT one of the 6 universal emotions?

• Happy 
• Surprise
• Disgust
• Love

David Gottman argues that the micro expression of contempt is the most dangerous in a marriage.  By micro expression he means:

• expressions shown in 1/15-1/25 of a second
• an expression visible to everyone
• expressions only liars show
• expressions of individualistic cultures

Leah who grew up in Japan might not know what to expect at a baby shower in the U.S.

• She lacks a social script
• She doesn't know attribution theories
• She lacks priming
• She is guilty of the false consensus effect

Carl watches conservative television programs and hangs out with people who share his conservative politics. During a local election, he expects the conservative candidate to win by a landslide, but is stunned when the liberal candidate wins by a wide margin. 

• Carl is guilty of belief in a just world
• Carl has belief perserverance
• This is the Primacy Effect
• This is the False Consensus Effect

Thinking another runner on the Badger trail is weak an untrained but not realizing that they have already completed running 20 miles. This is:

• Fundamental Attribution Error
• Actor Observer Effect
• Counterfactual thinking
• Cognitive heuristic

Holding firm to your ideas about the death penalty and not taking into consideration other viewpoints or facts

• Availability Heuristic
• Representative Heuristic
• Belief Perserverance
• False Consensus Effect

When deciding which student stole the green jolly rancher off my desk I should pay attention to:

• if their hands fidget
• where their eyes gaze
• the pitch of their voice
• their macro expression

An employer who believes that a job applicant is highly intelligent may pay attention to only information that is consistent with the belief that the job applicant is highly intelligent.

• Confirmation Bias
• Availability heuristic
• Attribution theory
• Primacy Effect