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Which of the following are examples of a heuristic?

• Anchoring heuristic

• Stereotypical heuristic

• Availability heuristic

• Emotional Heuristic

Person Perception is influenced by

• Make a snap judgement based on someone's ethnicity

• Judge someone based on stories we have heard about them

• Options A and B

• None of the above

In Social Psychology attribution refers to

• Judgement we make about the cause of a person's behaviour

• The process of determining the causes of a person's behaviour

• Both Option A and B

• Option A

For a belief to be an attitude it must be (select all that apply)

• An evaluation

• Positive

• Fairly stable

• Known from birth

Which of the following statements are stereotypes? (select all that apply)

• Hot coffee tastes better when it is cold outside

• Homeless people are lazy

• Teenagers are obsessed with Tik Tok

• People who wear glasses love to read

The three primary steps in attribution in order are

• Attribution, determination of behaviour, attitude

• Observation, determination of behaviour, attribution

• Determination of behaviour, attribution, behaviour

• Observation, attribution, determination of behaviour

Which of the following is an example of cognitive bias? (Select all that apply)

• Confirmation bias

• Actor-observer bias

• Self-serving bias

• False-consensus bias

A group that an individual does not belong to

• In group

• Out-group

• In and out-group

• Common group

The customs, values and behaviour of a particular group in society

• Community

• Culture

• Society

• Groups

Factors that promote social loafing

• Ease of the task and meaningfulness of the task

• Indications of effort within the group

• Group interaction

• None of the above