Social Cognition Class Results Percentage of participants who got it incorrect or didn t answer Participants 24 1 Some months have 31 days and some months have 30 days How many months have 28 days Answer all of them 12 71 answered wrong 24 answered 2 Are lesbians at higher risk of contracting HIV then heterosexuals Answer less risk don t do high risk behaviors often 21 answered wrong 19 answered 3 Do they have the fourth of July in England Answer yes don t celebrate it 46 answered wrong 24 answered 4 How many of each kind of animals did Moses take on the ark Answer 0 Moses didn t it was Noah 75 answered wrong 24 answered 5 If a plane crashes on the border of Mexico and the United States where will the survivors be buried Answer Aren t buried they are still alive 92 answered wrong 24 answered 6 If a rooster lays an egg on the peak of a roof which direction right or left will the egg roll Answer Roosters don t lay eggs 74 answered wrong 23 answered 7 Which side of the chicken has the most feathers Answer outside 86 answered wrong 22 answered 8 In baseball how many outs are in an inning Answer 6 3 for each team 67 answered wrong 24 answered 9 Can a California man legally marry his widow s sister Answer No Widow means the California man is dead and corpses can t marry in California 92 answered wrong 24 answered 10 A clerk in the butcher shop is 5 10 tall What does he weigh Answer Meat 70 answered wrong 23 answered 11 How many birthdays does the average man have Answer Everyone is born once and therefore has only one birthday 67 answered wrong 18 answered 12 If there are 3 apples and you take away 2 how many apples do you have Answer You have two the two you took away 82 answered wrong 18 answered 13 Why can t a man living in Winchester be buried in Frederick County Answer He is still alive 83 answered wrong 12 answered 14 How near is the U S to Russia 3000 1000 500 or 50 miles Answer 50 miles Think Alaska 86 answered wrong 14 answered 15 Which is further west Reno or Los Angeles Didn t get to this question before time called Answer Reno Nevada look at US map 83 answered wrong 12 answered 16 A farmer had 17 sheep All but 9 died How many did he have left Answer 9 didn t die 85 answered wrong 13 answered 17 What four words appear on every U S coin besides In God We Trust Answer United States of America 86 answered wrong 7 answered 18 How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole 1 foot deep 3 feet long and 2 feet wide Answer no dirt in a hole 100 answered wrong 10 answered 19 Cincinnati is a long word Can you spell it with one i Answer yes it 100 answered wrong 10 answered 20 If you had a match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp an oil heater and a wood burning stove which item would you light first Answer match 78 answered wrong 9 answered SOCIAL COGNITION ASSIGNMENT Worth up to 15 points 1 Read chapter on Social Cognition decide what kind of errors are causing people to get the questions wrong use specific errors from the book not just the lecture or opinion 2 Pick 3 questions that deal with a part of social cognition that is interesting to you Describe why you picked them and what phenomena from social cognition the questions illustrate 3 Have 5 friends or cooperative acquaintances answer your 3 chosen questions without prompting Vary the way you ask the questions ask people in a hurry or sleepy people etc 4 What were your results What kind of things made people more likely to answer wrong or right Were certain people better at it then others For example baseball players probably answer 8 right and Geography minors probably answer 14 and 15 correctly 5 When do errors like this matter e g types of everyday experiences where this can make a difference Be specific 6 What did you learn about the way people think by doing this Bring in information from the chapter on social cognition