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Bryant and Brockway
Two hours before OJ Simpson verdict, students estimated the % chance of acquittal. Avg. 50% chance
A week later, asked same thing. Avg. 67% chance |
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| Desire to be accurate. We are bad at determining why we behave certain ways. |
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Nisbett and Wilson - Pantyhose Study
4 of same pantyhose... chosen from left to right in increasing percentage. 4th one picked 40%. When asked, participants commented on quality, not order. |
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| Watching monkeys in their natural habitat using hidden cameras. |
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Feral children - secluded from people.
Phineas Gage - steel rod through head. |
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Suicide contagion due to famous suicides.
Homicide rates and TV.
Heart attack mortality and NYC. |
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| Cutting into line near the front or near the end of the line to test reactions. |
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| Bringing people into a building and letting bees loose. |
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Bernstein
Professor asked students cause of their grades. A/B students blamed studying. C/D/F students blames things out of their control. |
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| Basking in Reflected Glory/Cutting Off Reflected Failure |
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Cialdini
What students wore to school on the Monday after a football game. Win- school spirited. Lose - not school spirited. |
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Christenfeld
Inspection of death records: Positive initials (GOD, HUG, JOY) vs Negative initials (ASS, BAD, DIE). Positive- +4.5/3.4 years. Negative- -2.8/0 years. |
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Facial Feedback Hypothesis
Pen in mouth. Read a cartoon. 2 conditions (pen held with teeth (smiling) or pen held with lips (frowning)) Teeth holders (smilers) thought cartoon was funnier. |
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Steppe and Strack
Taking achievement tests at different tables requiring either good or bad posture. Good posture test takers felt more proud about results. |
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Smoke Filled Room Study
People would inquire experimenters about smoke in the room more quickly if they were alone than with someone else in the room who seemed to not think it was a big deal. |
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Wiseman
Placed ads for lucky and unlucky people. Questionnares, interviews, etc. Differences between habits/attitudes/beliefs of lucky people vs. unlucky.
Luck school - 80% people happier. |
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| It is 22 times safer flying in a commercial jet than traveling by car but people are more scared of traveling by jet because plane crashes are in news reports more often than car crashes. |
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| Correlation between sitting in the front of the room and getting better grades. The good grades are CAUSED by something else, not seat location. |
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| Fundamental Attribution Error |
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Lee Ross - Quiz Show Study
3 groups-Questioners, Answerers, Observers. Asnwerers and observers rated the Questioner as more knowledgeable than Answerer. |
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| Perceiving change in the social world |
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Study: Wealth and Perception of Freedom
People surveyed on how freedom in America has changed and told how their financial situation has changed. Positive Correlation- Financial decline - less freedom. Financial gain - more freedom. |
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| Parenthood and perception of social danger |
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| Adults asked how crime rate has changed since 1992. Those responders with kids recently said increase. Those responders with no kids recently said decrease. |
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Appel
Amount of TV watching related to strength of belief in a just world. |
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