Lecture Exercise #1 Instructions: For each statement, please indicate whether you think it is true or false by circling the letter T or F in the first space in front of it. Complete the exercise below the questions after completing all of the statements.
T F 1. Although women’s salary in 1994 was approximately $14,000 less than men’s, women’s income has gradually increased so that today we are seeing women’s salaries at comparable wages to those of their male counterparts.
T F 2. Due to the high cost of living, the number of full-time workers in a single household has increased dramatically over the last ten years.
T F 3. Canada is known for its attitudes toward acceptance of others and its respect for human rights and freedoms. It is, therefore, not unexpected that we would have fewer active terrorist groups here than in any other western democracy.
T F 4. There is a positive relationship between how much money you make and how many hours you volunteer. The more money you make, the more hours you volunteer.
T F 5. Manitobans are the most likely to say they have more in common with people in Nova Scotia than with Americans just south of them in North Dakota.
T F 6. Nine out of every ten Canadians strongly or somewhat support having more women in elected office to achieve a well-functioning political system.
T F 7. Most of us have accurate insight into the factors influencing our moods.
T F 8. Most people rate themselves as worse than average on socially desirable characteristics.
T F 9. Memory is like a storage chest in the brain, into which we deposit material and from which we can withdraw it later if needed. Occasionally, something gets lost from the chest, and we say we have forgotten. T F 10. Their personalities or inner dispositions best predict people’s behaviour.
T F 11. To alter how people act, they must first change their hearts and minds.
T F 12. People who are made self-conscious by looking into a mirror act more in line with their attitudes.
T F 13. The greater the reward promised for an activity, the more one will come to enjoy the action.
T F 14. In overall vocabulary, happiness, and intelligence, males and females are not noticeably different.
T F 15. In countries everywhere, girls spend more time helping with housework and child care, whereas boys spend more time in unsupervised play.
T F 16. Most people would disobey an authority that orders them to hurt a stranger.
T F 17. Persuaders will always be more effective if they focus on sound logic and argumentation.
T F 18. Messages from sources with little credibility often grow in their ability to influence us as time passes.
T F 19. People pull harder in a tug-of-war when part of a team than when pulling alone.
T F 20. The greater the cohesiveness or “we feeling” in a group, the more likely the group will make a good decision.
T F 21. When White and Black students are shown the faces of a few White and Black individuals and then asked to pick these individuals out of a photographic lineup, White and Black’s students more accurately recognize the White faces than the Black.
T F 22. In a recent national survey, only a minority of Americans indicated they would be willing to see a homosexual doctor.
T F 23. To be mentally healthy, people need an opportunity to act out and thus vent their aggression.
T F 24. The more often we see something, even if we don’t like it at first, the more we grow to like it.
T F 25. As suggested by the dumb-blonde idea, physically attractive men and women tend to be looked on by others as colder, dumber, and less moral than plainer people.
T F 26. Opposites attract.
T F 27. One of the best predictors of whether any two people are friends is their sheer proximity, or geographical nearness, to one another.
T F 28. When we feel guilty, we are more likely to help those around us.
T F 29. If you want to buy a new car at the best price, it is best to adopt a tough bargaining stance by opening with a very low offer rather than with a sincere, good-faith offer.
T F 30. Depressed persons tend to be unrealistic in their perceptions of themselves.
T F 31. Despite conventional wisdom, people’s desire to develop a meaningful philosophy of life has not changed over the past 30 years shallowparalyzed people typically About
T F 32. Million-dollar lottery winners and people who are paralyzed report roughly similar levels of happiness.
The Hindsight BiasYour homework for this week is to complete the above True/False questionnaire. Although your textbook readings do not necessarily maintain that most social-psychological findings are counterintuitive, it can be demonstrated that some are. Typically about half of the class misses about half of the questions in this exercise. Did you? For your homework submission: Please do not submit the answered question. Almost instead, check your answers with the Answer key below.
Answer the following three questions below and submit using the drop box. This exercise is worth 3%.
. How did your answers compare to the answer key?
. Were you surprised by any errors you made? Why?
. How do you understand your mistakes? Explain this using the influence of the hindsight bias.
Here is the answer key
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. F
7. F
8. F
9. F
10. F
11. F
12. T
13. F
14. T
15. T
16. F
17. F
18. T
19. F
20. F
21. F
22. T
23. F
24. T
25. F
26. F
27. T
28. T
29. T
30. F
31. F
32. T
Hi please help me to solve these three questions. T/F answers are given.
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