Author Question: Molly and Emily are members of a girls' basketball team who are responsible for helping to organize ... (Read 43 times)

xclash · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Molly and Emily are members of a girls' basketball team who are responsible for helping to organize fundraising efforts for their team.

Molly is extremely motivated to complete this task; in contrast, Emily only shows a mild interest in completing the required task. Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the likelihood that Molly and Emily will complete their tasks? a) Molly's motivation will likely cause her to predict that she will finish her task quickly; however, this will have no effect on whether she actually completes her task quicker than Emily.
b) Molly will definitely complete the task in a prompt manner due to her high level of motivation; Emily might not complete the task at all due to her lack of motivation.
c) Molly's level of motivation should not have any effect on how she thinks about proceeding with this task; consequently, Molly and Emily should complete the task at about the same time.
d) Molly's motivation will probably cause her to become overly optimistic which, in turn, will cause her to not complete the task at all; Emily's lack of motivation will likely cause her to complete the task, surprising even herself.

Question 2

During finals week, Jonah tells his friend that he'll be able to write four term papers over the next few days. Jonah is shocked and upset when he is barely able to complete two of these four papers.

Jonah's behavior is consistent with ________. a) counterfactual thinking
b) the pessimistic bias
c) the negativity bias
d) the planning fallacy