Discuss the roles that expectations can play in social cognitive processing. Be sure to discuss this in the context of both conserving mental effort and accuracy motivation
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Students should discuss: the role that expectations can play as shortcuts to help conserve resources; unexpected events and their triggering of accuracy motivation; searching for disconfirming versus confirming evidence. Students may also discuss self-fulfilling prophecies.
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Fill in the blank with the correct word.
What should be inferred from studies on the relationship between spirituality and positive life outcomes?
A. Spirituality is linked to positive outcomes that are altruistic in nature. B. Positive life outcomes are not enhanced by spirituality. C. Positive outcomes are subjective, making it difficult to understand the influence of spirituality. D. The relationship is nuanced, indicating that spirituality might be bidirectional.
Clarence, a "difficult" baby, often wakes during the night and is more easily upset than most infants his age. Studies of attachment suggest that Clarence
a. will most likely become insecurely attached to his mother b. may become securely attached to his mother if she is able to be flexible and learn how to adapt her behavior to Clarence's needs c. will become securely attached if his mother follows a set schedule and does not "give in" when Clarence fusses d. will become securely attached once he grows out of his "difficult" stage
With a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10, the standard normal deviate for a
score of 95 is _____ . a. +1.0 b. +0.5 c. -0.5 d. -1.0