Author Question: One way that schemas influence social thought is by ________. a) ensuring that inconsistent ... (Read 111 times)

asan beg · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

One way that schemas influence social thought is by ________.

a) ensuring that inconsistent information is stored in our memories and retrieved rapidly
b) increasing our cognitive load by activating more information from our long-term memory stores
c) activating the availability heuristic and enabling automatic priming
d) acting as a filter to direct our attention towards some information and away from other information

Question 2

Jacob is a summer camp counselor director who has decided to group his campers into one of three groups; each of these groups will be situated in separate areas of the camp. What is the MOST likely outcome due to this situational context?

a) The campers will develop a strong attachment to their own group and may grow to hold very negative views of the other groups.
b) The campers will become bored with their own group and, consequently, will seek out friends in the other two groups.
c) The campers will be inclined to develop friendships with their own group only if the camp counselor director encourages them to do so.
d) The campers will develop a strong attachment to their own group and will develop close friendships with members of the other groups.