PYC3701 - CHAPTER 3 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND THEIR COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
lasting internal causes; temporary external causes
People who suffer from depression tend to attribute their
failures to ________ and their successes to
changing the way that depressed people make
attributions about success and failure
One therapy that is based on changing attributions of
depressed people involves ________.
The professor and students implicitly believe that only
someone who really hold a particular opinion can
persuasively write or speak about it
Jeremy has always been a very eloquent speaker and
speech-writer. For his college oratory class,
Jeremy was recently required to write and deliver a
speech in support of capital punishment. Although
Jeremy is strongly opposed to the death penalty, he wrote
and delivered a very powerful speech in support of the
death penalty. As a result, his professor and several
students now believe Jeremy actually supports the death
penalty. Why might this be the case?
crucial in shaping the overall impression of a stranger
Asch defined "central traits" as those traits that were
________.
implicit personality theories
QUESTIONS AND THEIR COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
lasting internal causes; temporary external causes
People who suffer from depression tend to attribute their
failures to ________ and their successes to
changing the way that depressed people make
attributions about success and failure
One therapy that is based on changing attributions of
depressed people involves ________.
The professor and students implicitly believe that only
someone who really hold a particular opinion can
persuasively write or speak about it
Jeremy has always been a very eloquent speaker and
speech-writer. For his college oratory class,
Jeremy was recently required to write and deliver a
speech in support of capital punishment. Although
Jeremy is strongly opposed to the death penalty, he wrote
and delivered a very powerful speech in support of the
death penalty. As a result, his professor and several
students now believe Jeremy actually supports the death
penalty. Why might this be the case?
crucial in shaping the overall impression of a stranger
Asch defined "central traits" as those traits that were
________.
implicit personality theories
