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yoroshambo

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Which of the following is one way to overcome social cognitive mistakes, as described by your textbook?
 
  a. Rely solely on automatic processes and hope for the best.
  b. Rely solely on controlled processes and hope for the best.
  c. Consider the possibility that we could be wrong.
  d. Take advanced college courses in physics.

Question 2

According to the authors of your text, how is it best to characterize humans as social thinkers?
 
  a. We are error prone, and it is a miracle we can survive on a daily basis.
  b. We are unbelievably accurate over 99.9 percent of the time with our judgments.
  c. As long as we rely only on controlled processes, we are amazingly accurate.
  d. We have amazing cognitive abilities, but there is room for improvement.



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katkat_flores

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D




yoroshambo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


upturnedfurball

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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