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We know that brainstorming in a group setting is not always advantageous, especially because only one person can speak at a time, causing people to forget their own ideas because they were listening to someone else, or miss what others are saying because they are focusing on their own ideas. This is an example of a process loss known as:

A jury meets to listen to a serious court case, and must come to a conclusion about the defendant’s guilt or innocence. The group’s task involves the ability to make a decision or judgment, which means that the task is a:

Lauren is a lawyer. She acts as a third party in many divorce proceedings, where she tries to create compromise for both sides. Lauren is part of a negotiation strategy called:

When it comes to seeking a mate (in an overly widely-studied heteronormative fashion), straight men tend to value __________ in women, while women tend to value __________ of men.

Think back to an in-class example where I asked half the class to write about dental pain, and half the class to write about mortality. After that writing exercise, the people who wrote about mortality in the first place completed more word fragments in a way that was related to death (e.g., given the letters S K _ _ L, people wrote “skull” instead of “skill). This is an example of:

Best Buy is having a great sale on a TV- the price seems too good to be true! When you go to the store to take advantage of the deal, the salesperson says that they’re already sold out of that TV, but they have another model at a higher price. Because you’re already at the store, you decide to just buy the more expensive TV. In this situation, you’ve just fallen victim to:

Please match the constructs with Affect, Behavior, or Cognition:   Discrimination

When Shawna hears about a woman who was assaulted at a party, she immediately asks questions like “what was she wearing” and “was she drinking”. Shawna believes that she, herself, would never be assaulted because she dresses conservatively and doesn’t drink. Shawna is someone who seems to have a lot of:

Selena has lupus, and finds out that she needs a kidney transplant. Her brother volunteers to give her his immediately, without expectation of reward. This willingness for family members, who share DNA, to engage in big-time acts of helping is motivated by:

Raquel knows that, if she cooperates initially, the person on the opposing side is more likely to cooperate in return. She continues her strategy by matching the moves of her opponent, which is a strategy known as: