Question

Nisbett and Wilson (1977) showed that, after an action, we examine our ________ and generate ________ reasons for why we acted a certain way.

Answer 1

Options:

A. Behavior; often inaccurate.

B. Feelings;mostly accurate.

C. Attitude;highly insightful.

D. Behavior; mostly Complex.

E. Feelings; family-of-origin-base.

Answer:A. Behavior; often inaccurate.

Explanation:Richard Nisbett and Timothy D. Wilson are both psychologists who in a 1977 paper which they published challenged the directness and reliability of introspection.

Their published paper is one of the.mostly widely read and sighted research findings on the issue of consciousness.

According to Richard Nisbett and Timothy D. Wilson (1977), Subjects which we study had, "little or no introspective access to higher order cognitive processes".

Answer 2

The correct answer is behavior; often inaccurate

In their 1977 work Nisbett and Wilson claim that many of the processes involving choices, tastes and emotions are inaccessible to conscious thought.

The main misconception is that our intelligence is determined primarily by our genes. Your intelligence is determined by what you learn. The genes of any normal person are sufficient to make him reasonably intelligent in all the ways required by his culture. Individual differences in intelligence are, in fact, determined by genes. But genes interact with the environment in which that person lives to produce a specific level of intelligence. We are finding that people with very good genes for intelligence will fail to make the most of this potential if they are raised in chaotic or indifferent environments.