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Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. Thinking back to our nudging debate, (a) Describe two reasons why it’s okay or helpful for the government to use nudging on its citizens without any limitations. (2 pts) (b) Describe two reasons why it’s NOT okay or helpful for the government to use nudging on its citizens without any limitations. (2 pts) (c) Describe the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 nudges (2 pts). (c) What term did Thaler, Sunstein, and Christine Jolls (the original researchers behind nudging) use to describe their strict way of structuring or creating nudging (as opposed to the more recent broader definition)? (1 pt) (d) What is at least one example of how people have used this more strict definition of nudging in real life? (1 pt each, max of 3)

Which of the following best illustrates the expression of an implicit attitude?

Which emotion are we LEAST likely to recognize in someone from another culture?

Recall that in the 1930s, when anti-Asian prejudice was commonplace in the United States, Richard LaPiere (1934) had no trouble finding pleasant accommodations for himself and his Chinese traveling companions. Surprised, LaPiere later sent letters to the establishments they visited, asking whether Chinese visitors would be welcome. More than 90 percent of those who responded replied that they definitely would not accommodate Chinese people. This study is noteworthy because it suggested that:

Yala comes to class at Auburn 10 minutes late one day. Which of the following is an example of an internal attribution one of her classmates might make about her?

Which one of these advertisements would best persuade you based on using fear appeals?

Choose the terms from the boxes that best completes each sentence and label them with the appropriate letter for each blank.  The terms may be used more than once. Each blank is worth 1 point. Type your answers in the free response box for each question and label them (a) and (b) for the respective blanks.   When people don’t attend carefully to the substance of a persuasive communication, but instead pay attention to irrelevant cues, they are using the  ______(a)______ route to persuasion. This route to persuasion leads to ______(b)______ attitude change.   Small Large Central Peripheral Long-term Short-term Task-contingent Performance-contingent For Against Mild Severe    

Yala comes to class at Auburn 10 minutes late one day. Which of the following is an example of an internal attribution one of her classmates might make about her?

Dissonance reduction is…

In a study described in the textbook, participants memorized either the word reckless or the word adventurous before reading an ambiguous passage about Donald in which he was described as engaging in a number of recreational activities (e.g., driving in a demolition derby, white-water rafting) in which he had risked injury and even death. This method was used to study the concept of