Directions:  For each question or statement below, choose the one response (alphabet) that best answers the question or completes the sentence. Each correct response is worth 1.5 points for a total of 60 possible points.

Which of the following is the best summary of research on automatic thinking?

Using random assignment is a way to ensure that ___________.

Which of the following people’s statements is an example of the fundamental attribution error?

In lecture, we discussed an actor-observer effect in attribution. The effect is such that we tend to see _________.

People can and do make inferences about others’ _________ from the shape and appearance of those others’ faces. These inferences are __________.

Stephen’s apartment door is 5 feet away from Kendra’s apartment door, and around the corner and 20 feet away from Taylor’s apartment door. Stephen and Taylor have similar personalities, political beliefs, and hobbies, whereas Stephen and Kendra are not as similar in their attitudes and interests. According to the phenomenon of _________, Stephen is initially most likely to befriend _________.

According to lecture, when participants are given an external source to which to attribute their arousal (for example, hunger, illness, fear, or exercise for an increased heart rate), they do not change their attitudes to reduce cognitive dissonance. This reflects which necessary precondition for dissonance to occur? Participants must ________.

Little Dimitri’s mom always tells him that “school is good,” so that he will develop a positive attitude toward academics. Dimitri thinks school is good too, especially because he believes that his mom knows more than he does, and because he wants to be just like his mom. For Dimitri, believing his mom has superior knowledge affords her ______ power and Dimitri’s identification with his mom affords her ______ power. 

Sam and Toni are happily married, but their relationship can nonetheless be unstable. According to Interdependence Theory discussed in lecture, what might be the cause of the lack of stability in their relationship?