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Please answer whether the following statements are true or false (if you’re not sure, just take your best guess at what seems “mostly true” or “mostly false”).
(1a) Five people will usually generate more solutions to a difficult problem if they work together in person than if they work alone during the same period of time.
(1b) When it comes to choosing dating and marriage partners, the expression “opposites attract” is generally true.
(1c) Compared with men, women are usually faster to fall in love and slower to end a relationship.
(1d) Social judgments made during the first minute of meeting a stranger are not usually reliable and accurate.
(1e) After people have rejected a large request that you’ve made of them, they’re more likely to reject smaller requests as well
(1f) In a tug-of-war game with the same number of people on each side of the rope, people pull harder when they’re part of an eight-person team than when they’re pulling alone.
(1g) Punching a pillow or screaming out loud is an effective way to reduce frustration and aggressive tendencies
(2a) If you saw someone having a seizure (e.g., someone fall to the floor and begin shaking uncontrollably), what would you do?
(2b) Suppose a researcher did an experiment using an actor who pretended to have a seizure, and the researcher found that 11 out of 15 people did not help the person. If you had been in the experiment, what do you think your response would have been?
(3) In the past year, have you used a disposable product such as a styrofoam or plastic cup?
(4) If you had to guess, which of these two political candidates is more competent (skilled, experienced, and capable)?
(5a) In 2-3 sentences (200-500 characters), try to explain the reason for this research finding: “All things being equal, physically attractive people are seen as less intelligent than physically unattractive people.”
(5b) Is this finding what you would have expected?Yes,
(6) Suppose each card below has a letter on one side and a number on the other, and someone tells you: “If a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side.”
Which of the cards would you need to flip over if you wanted to find out whether the person is lying? Check all that apply:
Suppose some researchers are interested in whether a particular symptom is associated with a common disease, so they do a year-long study of 150 people and find the following results:
(7a) In a table like this, which cells do you need to examine in order to determine whether a symptom is associated with a disease? Check all that apply:
(7b) In this particular case, is the symptom positively associated with the disease?
Question 8
(8) Please rank the following items from “1” (most) to “4” (least) in how much happiness people report experiencing while doing the activity:
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