Exam 3: Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others

The extent to which different people react to a given situation in the same general way is known as ________.

Erin's boyfriend has taken her out to dinner at a very exclusive restaurant.Erin notices that he can't seem to sit still during the meal,and is constantly rubbing his left knee,scratching an itch,or pulling his earlobe.This type of body language usually indicates ________.

One approach to impression management relies on ________,i.e. ,efforts to encourage one's appeal to other people.

Abbie noticed that Kayla spends time talking to almost everyone she meets at work,and believes that this is because Kayla is a friendly,outgoing person.In fact,Kayla is rather shy and withdrawn most of the time,but her job at a local bank requires that she talk with most of the bank's customers periodically.Abbie's perception of Kayla is mistaken because of ________.

Asch defined "central traits" as those traits that were ________.

Recent research suggests that impression management can work against an individual if ________.

Mr.Nguyen,a 53-year-old accountant,has just been rejected for a job at a small bank that he believes he was qualified for.He later hears from a friend that the hiring manager was biased against older job applicants.Mr.Nguyen's self-esteem is likely to ________.

Research evidence tends to indicate that social perception ________.

All of the following describe characteristics of a microexpression EXCEPT they ________.

We might think that waiters who all flirt with a particular customer do so because the customer welcomes the attention if we notice that the waiters do not also flirt with other customers while we eat.This best represents the concept of ________.

When I consider the extent to which this person reacts in the same way to this same stimulus on other occasions,I am basing my attribution on ________.

The tendency to explain others' actions as stemming from dispositions even in the presence of clear situational causes is called the ________.

Christine has been charged with murder because,after years of physical and mental abuse,she shot and killed her boyfriend.Her attorney has advised Christine against accepting a plea-bargain deal offered by the prosecution because he thinks Christine's jury will probably include several people who have emigrated from Japan and China - strong collectivist societies.Christine,a student of social psychology,agrees with her attorney because members of ________.

Compare and contrast Jones & Davis's theory of correspondent inference with Kelley's theory of causal attributions.

Research on the facial feedback hypothesis had individuals either enhance or suppress muscle tension in their facial expressions while imagining positive and negative scenarios.The results indicate that:

One study found that after meeting someone new and engaging in impression management people tend to feel ____ .

We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we observe this waiter flirting with several different customers while we eat.This best represents the concept of ________.

In one study participants played a game in which their partners could divide a monetary reward in any way they chose.Participants in the unfavorable distribution condition received less than half of the money,while participants in the favorable condition received a generous portion.Participants were then asked whether they thought they were playing with a computer or a human partner.What did participants in the unfavorable condition report?

Which statement BEST describes the attribution process?

We are likely to attribute another person's behavior to internal causes when consensus is ________,consistency is ________,and distinctiveness is ________.