1. A newspaper headline reads: "Research shows men learn gender stereotypes from their fathers." The article reports a research study in which surveys on gender attitudes were given to adult men and their fathers. Strong correlations were found between fathers' and sons' attitudes. What is wrong with the newspaper's headline?
2. Select, describe and give examples of representative heuristics and availibility heuristics. Based on your response, briefly discuss how heuristics can be a useful tool in helping us make sense of the world, and how they can be misleading.
3. Describe the concept of schemas. Why is it necessary for us to use schemas? How does the use of schemas contribute to the development of stereotypes?
4. Describe the fundamental attribution error, and give an example of the error
5. Describe the famous classroom study conducted by Rosenthal on self-fulfilling prophecy. Give a real-life example of the importance of this study.
6. Discuss how self-verification theory may help to explain why people remain in abusive situations. What might you do to help a friend out of this kind of situation?
7. Briefly describe the experiment discussed in class by Fredrickson, Roberts, Noll & Twenge ("That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance"). Describe how the results of the study support the hypothesis that self-esteem is dependent on the expectations of others.
8. Briefly describe the "doll study" conducted by psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark and replicated in the video clip we viewed. Describe how the results of the study support the hypothesis that self-esteem is dependent on the expectations of others.
9. Describe the study done by Schachter and Singer related to affect and cognition (i.e., how we interpret our environment based on our physiological state and vice versa). Give one example of how this applies in a real-life, non-laboratory situation.
10. In the "Power Pose" Ted Talk we watched in class, the presenter spoke about the neurological and hormonal effects of power posing. Please explain the effects of power posing (on the individual him/herself; on others' expectations of the individual; and on the individual's performance) in terms of the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy.
11. Describe the classic experiment in which Leon Festinger demonstrated the concept of cognitive dissonance. Give an example of cognitive dissonance at work in a real-life social situation.
12. Imagine you have been asked to babysit for a five-year-old family member for the weekend. You know this child will be awake early on Saturday morning, and you plan to allow him/her to watch cartoons while you snooze on the couch. What can you do to interfere with the persuasive messages of the commercials geared toward selling toys and sugary cereals (either before or after they air) to avoid spending the rest of the weekend with a whining child begging you to buy all of the products advertised?

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