Year: 2025
Type: supplementary-materials
Abstract: Denise is a pretty good tennis player.She made a bet that she could hit a regular tennis ball, send it flying off in the air, and after a bit, it would turn around 180 degrees and fly right back to her -without making contact with any other object on its way.She won the bet.Explain how in a few sensible words.Answer: Denise shot the ball up in the air in a vertical line. 03.While walking on the newly paved black asphalt road to her home, Jen accidentally dropped her small black leather clutch.The lights on the new road had not been turned on yet, the moon was not out, and Jen did not have on her a flashlight, matches, mobile phone, or any other means of lighting.Explain briefly how Jen nonetheless saw her clutch immediately.Answer: It was daylight. Low Insight Condition (Study 1)04.Given a source of unlimited water and four containers of different capacities (99, 14, 25 and 11 L) obtain exactly 86 L of water.(L is the symbol for the Liter, a metric unit of volume equal to 0.26 gallons.)Answer: There are several answers.The easiest way is to pour the 25L containers into the 99L containers three times (75L), then add 11L with the corresponding containers. 05.Three cards from an ordinary deck are lying on a table, face down.The following information is known about those three cards:To the left of a queen there is a jack To the left of a spade there is a diamond To the right of a heart there is a king To the right of a king there is a spade Can you assign the proper suit to each picture card?Answer: The left card is a jack of heart, the middle card is a King of diamond, the right card is a queen of spades. 06.In a (knock-out) tennis tournament there are 32 players.How many matches are there in the tournament?Answer: 31 matches. Low Insight Condition (Study 2 and 3) 07.A man in town married 20 women in the town.He and the women are still alive, and he has had no divorces.How is that possible?Answer: The man is a polygamist or a priest. 08.Denise is a pretty good tennis player.She made a bet that she could hit a regular tennis ball, send it flying off in the air, and after a bit, it would turn around 180 degrees and fly right back to her.She won the bet.Explain how in a few sensible words.Answer: Denise shot the ball against a wall or other solid objects.Or, she may have shot the ball up in the air in a vertical line. 09.While walking on the newly paved black asphalt road to her home during the night, Jen accidentally dropped her small black leather clutch.Explain briefly how Jen saw her clutch immediately.Answer: She saw her clutch thanks to the moonlight or some other source of light. Materials for Study 4 and 5 CocktailIt's the beginning of a very hot summer, and Claire has just broken up with her boyfriend.They had been together for a very long time, and he took it really hard, becoming nearly abusive.To find a distraction, Claire invited Juliana, her best friend, to go out for drinks together.Juliana insisted on going to the blue lagoon, because they serve delicious, ice cold cocktails here.At the blue lagoon, they ordered one large drink to be shared between the two of them.The waiter brought up a small pitcher, put two straws in, and served it to the women.Juliana, as usual, finished her half of the
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
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