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1.Most of us don't have quite accurate insight into the factors that influence our moods.
2.Most people don't rate themselves as worse-than-average on socially desirable characteristics.
3.Depressed persons are realistic in their perceptions of themselves.
4.People’s behavior is not only predicted in terms of their personalities or inner dispositions, as well as situations.
5.To alter the way people act, they do not necessarily change their hearts and minds.
6. People who are made self-conscious by looking into a mirror act more in line with their attitudes.
7.The greater the reward promised for an activity, the more one will come to enjoy the activity. Which is false.
8.If you want to buy a new car at the best price, it is best to adopt a tough bargaining stance by opening with a very low offer rather than with a sincere, good-faith offer.
9.When we feel guilty, we are more likely to help those around us.
10.Most people would obey an authority who orders them to hurt a stranger.
11.Persuaders would not effective if they focus on sound logic and argumentation.
12.Messages from sources with little credibility often grow in their ability to influence us as time passes.
13.People pull harder when pulling by themselves than in a tug-of-war when part of a team.
14.The greater the cohesiveness or “we feeling” in a group, the less likely the group will make a good decision.
15.One of the best predictors of whether any two people are friends is their sheer proximity, or geographical nearness , to one another.
16.In a recent national survey, only a minority of Americans indicated that they would be willing to see a homosexual doctor.
17. If people act out, and thus to vent their aggression, they would create more mental problems.
18.The more often we see something--even if we don’t like it at first--the more we grow to like it.
19. As suggested by the dumb-blonde idea, physically attractive men and women tend to be looked on by others as warmer, more accessible, and more moral than plainer people.
20.Not exactly opposites attract.
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