Name and describe the three goals of social cognition. Discuss at least one person and one situation factor that affects the achievement of each one
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Conserving mental effort: factors include expectations, dispositional inferences and other cognitive shortcuts, arousal, circadian rhythms, need for structure, complex situations, time pressure.
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Down syndrome and similar genetic abnormalities can be identified during prenatal development through:
A. amniocentesis B. ovulation C. the Lamaze method D. the proximodistal procedure
The technique of stress inoculation involves
a. practicing a monologue of internal positive coping statements. b. submitting people to stressful situations until they are exhausted. c. the use of sensory deprivation to induce a trance-like state of consciousness. d. medically-administered ingestion of hormone-reducing drugs.
The reason the homunculus for the motor cortex is shaped the way it is (huge face, large hands) is that
A. it is a drawing of all the motor functions of the body, and it is not drawn to scale. B. the amount of cortex devoted to each part of the body is represented by the relative size of the body part. C. it is a reproduction of a drawing done in the late eighteenth century. D. there is an inverse relationship between the actual size of each body part to its representation in the homunculus drawing.
Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics usually associated with popular children?
a. awkward c. cooperative b. friendly d. helpful