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Activity 7
Alo, Alpha Joyce B.
Name: ______________________________________________ Score: ___________
rd
3 year AB - Psychology
Year & Program: ____________________________________ Date: ____________
October 12, 2020

Instructions: In this activity you will make a comprehensive note-taking/outline of the

lecture/discussion found in chapter 3 of the book. Highlight the different terminologies and
its concepts. This will help you to maximize your productivity, efficiency, and retention in
preparation for a particular evaluation such as the succeeding chapter exercises/activities.

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Activity No. 8

Alo, Alpha Joyce B.

Name: _____________________________________________ Score: ___________
Year & Program: ____________________________________
3rd year AB - Psychology Date: ____________
October 12, 2020

Instructions: Read carefully and answer the following questions. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer and strictly no erasure.

1. One of the theories we discussed for the cognitive role in sexual aggression was
Abbey's theory of the "over perception of sexual intent." This theory holds that men
with this schema believe that

a. When a woman smiles, she's being seductive.

b. A hostile response is actually a come-on.
c. All women are always desperate for male attention.
d. Every woman is traditional.

2. Explaining behavior in terms of internal dispositional reasons or external situations is

called

a. Attribution.
b. Priming.
c. Belief attribution.
d. Impression.

3. When you believe that the waitress at Hooters is nice to you because she likes you, you
are making a(n)

a. Dispositional attribution.
b. Situational attribution.
c. Inferential error.
d. Cognitive bias error.

4. Your friend is always late to meet you. This time she is over an hour late and says she
had a car problem. You make a dispositional attribution anyway. Why? You argue
that ______ is high in this case.

a. Consistency.
b. Distinctiveness.
c. Correspondence.
d. Consensus.

5. The attribution process is best described as

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a. The process by which we infer, from overt behaviors, the stable characteristics of
ourselves and others.
b. The process by which we focus attention inward on the self.
c. The process by which we combine information about others into unified impressions
of them.
d. The process by which we seek to understand our own feelings, traits, and motives.

6. In making a causal attribution, we face the task of determining whether a behavior is

caused by

a. Internal or external causes.

b. Consensus or consistency.
c. Consistency or distinctiveness.
d. Objective or subjective causes.

7. When we read an essay favoring a particular point of view, we assume the writer holds
that view even if we're told the writer was forced to write the essay. This illustrates

a. The fundamental attribution error.

b. The actor-observer effect.
c. Self-presentation bias.
d. Self-serving bias.

8. We tend to perceive our own behavior as stemming largely from _______; we tend to
perceive the behavior of others as stemming largely from _______.

a. Situational factors; internal dispositions.

b. Internal dispositions; situational factors.
c. Situational factors; situational factors.
d. Internal dispositions; internal dispositions.

9. The root of the fundamental attribution error is that

a. We presume others are the way they act.

b. We presume others are acting.
c. We presume we are only acting.
d. We presume we are the way we act.

10. If, as a juror, you watch a videotaped confession in which the camera is focused on
the ____, you are more likely to perceive the confession as ______.

a. Suspect, genuine.

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b. Suspect, false.
c. Detective, genuine.
d. Detective, false.

11. If, as a juror, you watch a videotaped confession in which the camera is focused on
the ____, you are more likely to perceive the confession as ______.

a. Detective, coerced.
b. Suspect, false.
c. Detective, genuine.
d. Suspect, coerced.

12. A self-conscious state that makes people more sensitive to their own attitudes and
dispositions is called

a. Self-awareness.
b. Actor-observer effect.
c. Confirmation bias.
d. Belief perseverance.

13. People are more likely to assume that poor people are poor because they're lazy than
because they lost their jobs. This assumption is caused by

a. The fundamental attribution error.

b. The self-serving bias.
c. The actor-observer effect.
d. Confirmation bias.

14. Incorporating misinformation in our memory of an event is caused by

a. The misinformation effect.

b. Belief perseverance.
c. Correspondence bias
d. Counterfactual error.

15. Cognitive and affective processes that are effortless and beyond our awareness are
termed _______.

a. Automatic.
b. Controlled.
c. Schematic.
d. Illusory.

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16. "We are eager to verify our beliefs but less inclined to seek evidence that might
disprove them." This is due to

a. The confirmation bias.

b. Overconfidence.
c. An illusory correlation.
d. Counterfactual thinking.

17. Which process describes the representativeness heuristic?

a. To determine whether someone is a lawyer, I compare his traits to the "average"

lawyer.
b. To determine whether someone is "conscientious," I engage in decoding.
c. To determine my impressions of someone, I combine the available bits of information
to find an average.
d. To determine if someone is "conscientious," I try to recall instances of such behavior.

18. People's greater fear of flying than of driving may be best explained by

a. The availability heuristic.

b. Confirmation bias.
c. The representativeness heuristic.
d. Belief perseverance.

19. Dwelling or engaging in "what-ifs?" is also called

a. Counterfactual thinking.
b. Hindsight bias.
c. Correspondent bias.
d. Paradoxical thinking.

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Activity 9
Alo, Alpha Joyce B.
Name: ______________________________________________ Score: ___________
rd
3 year AB - Psychology
Year & Program: ____________________________________ Date: October 12, 2020
____________

Instructions. This activity is entitled “Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words”.

Look at the two pictures. List words that come to your mind based on what you see. Then,
answer the following questions:
Do you think you know who any of these people are? Which ones? Who do you think they
are?
Are there any specific profiles that you think sound particularly interesting? Why?
Who on this list do you think is the most successful?

Picture 1 Picture 2

 Traffic  Government Officials

 Congested  Politicians
 Pollution  COVID-19 Advocacy
 Road Violation  Unity
 Stress  Health promotion
 Rush hour  Legislators
 Road Rage  Power
 Impassable  Influencer
 Standstill  Leaders
 Snarled  Corrupt

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Do you think you know who any of these people are? Which ones? Who do you think
they are?
Picture 1 portrays a group of ordinary citizens regardless of socio-economic status.
On the other hand, Picture 2 does show the current politicians, may they be senators,
representatives and judiciaries alike.

Are there any specific profiles that you think sound particularly interesting? Why?
The only one I can name is Allan Peter Cayetano who was a former senator and the
current House of the Representatives Speaker. His name was made aloud, especially in these
trying times, due to controversies and issues he became part of. Specifically, the picture
depicts the post when the media thought of the audacity behind the signage wherein they get
more credit rather than the medical front liners.

Who on this list do you think is the most successful?

Based on my personal assumptions, the group on Picture 2 are the successful ones.
This are because of the fact that they belong to one of the most high paying jobs which is
being in the government sector.

Reflection:
What has this activity taught you about making assumptions?
This activity showed me how to appropriately make a presumption and not simply
base my speculation to what I saw or hear. It is basic to have further foundations to the topic
and people present to have coherent and sensible suppositions within reach instead of bogus
or false decisions.