Author Question: For each of the three goals of social cognition, describe (1) the strategies people use to achieve ... (Read 46 times)

fnuegbu · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

For each of the three goals of social cognition, describe (1) the strategies people use to achieve the goal and (2) at least three factors that lead people to have the goal and to employ the strategies you described.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Gender roles tend to become less stereotyped in adulthood.

a. True
b. False

anyusername12131 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Conserving mental effort: factors include expectations, dispositional inferences and other cognitive shortcuts, arousal, circadian rhythms, need for structure, complex situations, time pressure.
Managing self-image: factors include upward and downward social comparison, self-serving attributions, exaggerating one's strengths and diminishing one's weakness, perception of self-control, reactions to self-esteem threats, fragility of self-esteem, need for positive self-regard. Seeking an accurate understanding: factors include unbiased information gathering, considering alternatives, attributional processes, mood, need for cognition, unexpected events, social interdependence, and cognitive resource availability.

Answer to Question 2

a