Question 1

Which statement describes one of the ways in which your text describes social perceivers as differing?

Accepted Answer

A) Individuals vary in the degree to which they believe behavior is caused by fixed versus malleable characteristics. 
B) People differ in the extent to which they have positive or negative personality characteristics. 
C) There are differences in whether people are or are not motivated to make accurate perceptions of others. 
D) People differ in their willingness to consider cultural variations that impact how others should be assessed. 
A) Individuals vary in the degree to which they believe behavior is caused by fixed versus malleable characteristics. 
B) People differ in the extent to which they have positive or negative personality characteristics. 
C) There are differences in whether people are or are not motivated to make accurate perceptions of others. 
D) People differ in their willingness to consider cultural variations that impact how others should be assessed.

Question 2

One explanation for the primacy effect is that

Accepted Answer

A) information obtained early is usually more important than information obtained later. 
B) people tend to pay closer attention to central trait information. 
C) the meaning of information obtained later is often altered to fit with earlier impressions. 
D) people tend to seek out the most reliable sources of information earlier. 
A) information obtained early is usually more important than information obtained later. 
B) people tend to pay closer attention to central trait information. 
C) the meaning of information obtained later is often altered to fit with earlier impressions. 
D) people tend to seek out the most reliable sources of information earlier.

Question 3

Based on research on counterfactual thinking,in which scenario is Jamal most likely to wonder what life might have been like had he been richer?

Accepted Answer

A) Financially,Jamal is in the upper-middle class.His parents were slightly wealthier. 
B) Financially,Jamal is in the upper-middle class.His parents were lower-middle class. 
C) Financially,Jamal is in the working class.His parents were also working class. 
D) Financially,Jamal is in the middle class.His parents were extremely rich. 
A) Financially,Jamal is in the upper-middle class.His parents were slightly wealthier. 
B) Financially,Jamal is in the upper-middle class.His parents were lower-middle class. 
C) Financially,Jamal is in the working class.His parents were also working class. 
D) Financially,Jamal is in the middle class.His parents were extremely rich.

Question 4

The general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another is social______________.

Accepted Answer

A) perception 
B) cognition 
C) influence 
D) attribution 
A) perception 
B) cognition 
C) influence 
D) attribution

Question 5

Consider the typical script that exists for a first date.When Pryor and Merluzzi (1985)questioned college students,they found that the most familiar first step in this script was that

Accepted Answer

A) two or more couples meet at a common place. 
B) the female arrives. 
C) dating companions meet at a common place. 
D) the male arrives. 
A) two or more couples meet at a common place. 
B) the female arrives. 
C) dating companions meet at a common place. 
D) the male arrives.

Question 6

Estimates of the probability that an event will happen based on the ease with which instances of the event can be brought to mind reflect the

Accepted Answer

A) base-rate fallacy. 
B) fundamental attribution error. 
C) two-step attribution process. 
D) availability heuristic. 
A) base-rate fallacy. 
B) fundamental attribution error. 
C) two-step attribution process. 
D) availability heuristic.

Question 7

The system that social perceivers rely on first is

Accepted Answer

A) intuitive and automatic. 
B) rational and controlled. 
C) effortful and intuitive. 
D) slow and easy. 
A) intuitive and automatic. 
B) rational and controlled. 
C) effortful and intuitive. 
D) slow and easy.

Question 8

During her social psychology course this morning,Leticia learned about the situational obstacles that often prevent people from offering assistance to others in emergency situations.As she is eating lunch with her friends after class,one of them begins coughing and Leticia immediately starts to consider whether her friend is choking and how she______________will best be able to help her if she is in need of assistance.Leticia's behavior is most likely the result of

Accepted Answer

A) counterfactual thinking. 
B) actor-observer effect. 
C) priming. 
D) false-consensus effect. 
A) counterfactual thinking. 
B) actor-observer effect. 
C) priming. 
D) false-consensus effect.

Question 9

Social perceivers are most likely to agree in their judgments of which of the following traits?

Accepted Answer

A) openness to experience 
B) extroversion 
C) agreeableness 
D) emotional stability 
A) openness to experience 
B) extroversion 
C) agreeableness 
D) emotional stability

Question 10

The process of integrating information about a person to create a coherent impression is called

Accepted Answer

A) covariation. 
B) need for closure. 
C) implicit personality formation. 
D) impression formation. 
A) covariation. 
B) need for closure. 
C) implicit personality formation. 
D) impression formation.

Question 11

The research of Lee Jussim (2012)suggests that teachers' impressions of their students are

Accepted Answer

A) accurate and predict student performance without influencing it. 
B) inaccurate and predict student performance by influencing it. 
C) accurate and do not influence student performance. 
D) inaccurate and do not influence student performance. 
A) accurate and predict student performance without influencing it. 
B) inaccurate and predict student performance by influencing it. 
C) accurate and do not influence student performance. 
D) inaccurate and do not influence student performance.

Question 12

One of the reasons that we are not very successful at detecting deception is because we

Accepted Answer

A) focus too much attention on nonverbal cues and not enough on verbal cues. 
B) fail to attend to the nonverbal cues that actually signal deception. 
C) are motivated to believe that others are telling the truth. 
D) need to be able to detect deception in order to gain evolutionary advantage. 
A) focus too much attention on nonverbal cues and not enough on verbal cues. 
B) fail to attend to the nonverbal cues that actually signal deception. 
C) are motivated to believe that others are telling the truth. 
D) need to be able to detect deception in order to gain evolutionary advantage.

Question 13

Jorge watches his friend Nina interacting with others and makes a situational attribution for her behavior.Jorge believes that

Accepted Answer

A) Nina's behavior is best explained by the circumstances surrounding the encounter. 
B) Nina's way of relating to people stems from particular characteristics of her personality. 
C) Nina is not acting the way other people would act in the same situation. 
D) Nina's actions are not consistent with the social norms governing that particular situation. 
A) Nina's behavior is best explained by the circumstances surrounding the encounter. 
B) Nina's way of relating to people stems from particular characteristics of her personality. 
C) Nina is not acting the way other people would act in the same situation. 
D) Nina's actions are not consistent with the social norms governing that particular situation.

Question 14

Which psychological process best explains why it is that people sometimes react to news of a natural disaster or violent crime with something less than full sympathy on behalf of the victims?

Accepted Answer

A) counterfactual thinking 
B) false-consensus effect 
C) availability heuristic 
D) belief in a just world 
A) counterfactual thinking 
B) false-consensus effect 
C) availability heuristic 
D) belief in a just world

Question 15

When forming impressions of others,people

Accepted Answer

A) see their own skills and abilities as less desirable to have. 
B) use the significant others in their lives as a frame of reference. 
C) differ in the particular traits they are likely to notice. 
D) are typically very inconsistent in what they consider. 
A) see their own skills and abilities as less desirable to have. 
B) use the significant others in their lives as a frame of reference. 
C) differ in the particular traits they are likely to notice. 
D) are typically very inconsistent in what they consider.

Question 16

Bella is a teacher who suspects that a student is trying to deceive her.Under which of the following conditions does Bella have the best chance of being accurate in her attempts to detect whether or not the student is lying?

Accepted Answer

A) Bella reads a written transcript of the student's story. 
B) Bella sees a silent video of the student's face as the student tells the story. 
C) Bella reads a written transcript of the student's story and sees a silent video of the student's face as the student tells the story. 
D) Bella asks the student to recount her story in reverse chronological order. 
A) Bella reads a written transcript of the student's story. 
B) Bella sees a silent video of the student's face as the student tells the story. 
C) Bella reads a written transcript of the student's story and sees a silent video of the student's face as the student tells the story. 
D) Bella asks the student to recount her story in reverse chronological order.

Question 17

Cosmo is convinced that his accountant is addicted to drugs.To determine whether he is correct,Cosmo asks his friends if the accountant sniffs a lot,uses slang when he speaks,or frequently excuses himself to use the men's room-three behaviors Cosmo believes are characteristic of those with drug addictions.Cosmo's methods illustrate

Accepted Answer

A) the false-consensus effect. 
B) a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
C) confirmatory hypothesis testing. 
D) the trait negativity bias. 
A) the false-consensus effect. 
B) a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
C) confirmatory hypothesis testing. 
D) the trait negativity bias.

Question 18

Which scenario describes an embodiment effect in social perception?

Accepted Answer

A) rating a target as having a warm personality while holding a cup of hot tea 
B) integrating information into a coherent impression of a person 
C) explaining behavior as due to personal characteristics rather than situational 
D) persisting in a belief that has repeatedly been shown to be incorrect 
A) rating a target as having a warm personality while holding a cup of hot tea 
B) integrating information into a coherent impression of a person 
C) explaining behavior as due to personal characteristics rather than situational 
D) persisting in a belief that has repeatedly been shown to be incorrect

Question 19

Research examining the role of culture in the attribution process has found that

Accepted Answer

A) children reared in Western cultures are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those reared in Eastern cultures. 
B) children reared in Western cultures are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those reared in Eastern cultures. 
C) adults in Western cultures are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those in Eastern cultures. 
D) adults in Western cultures are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those in Eastern cultures. 
A) children reared in Western cultures are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those reared in Eastern cultures. 
B) children reared in Western cultures are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those reared in Eastern cultures. 
C) adults in Western cultures are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those in Eastern cultures. 
D) adults in Western cultures are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error than those in Eastern cultures.

Which statement describes one of the ways in which your text describes social perceivers as differing?

One explanation for the primacy effect is that

Based on research on counterfactual thinking,in which scenario is Jamal most likely to wonder what life might have been like had he been richer?

The general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another is social______________.

Consider the typical script that exists for a first date.When Pryor and Merluzzi (1985)questioned college students,they found that the most familiar first step in this script was that

Estimates of the probability that an event will happen based on the ease with which instances of the event can be brought to mind reflect the

The system that social perceivers rely on first is

Social perceivers are most likely to agree in their judgments of which of the following traits?

The process of integrating information about a person to create a coherent impression is called

The research of Lee Jussim (2012)suggests that teachers' impressions of their students are

One of the reasons that we are not very successful at detecting deception is because we

Jorge watches his friend Nina interacting with others and makes a situational attribution for her behavior.Jorge believes that

Which psychological process best explains why it is that people sometimes react to news of a natural disaster or violent crime with something less than full sympathy on behalf of the victims?

When forming impressions of others,people

Bella is a teacher who suspects that a student is trying to deceive her.Under which of the following conditions does Bella have the best chance of being accurate in her attempts to detect whether or not the student is lying?

Which scenario describes an embodiment effect in social perception?

Research examining the role of culture in the attribution process has found that

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Exam 4: Perceiving Persons

Which statement describes one of the ways in which your text describes social perceivers as differing?

One explanation for the primacy effect is that

Based on research on counterfactual thinking,in which scenario is Jamal most likely to wonder what life might have been like had he been richer?

The general term for the processes by which people come to understand one another is social______________.

Consider the typical script that exists for a first date.When Pryor and Merluzzi (1985)questioned college students,they found that the most familiar first step in this script was that

Estimates of the probability that an event will happen based on the ease with which instances of the event can be brought to mind reflect the

The system that social perceivers rely on first is

Social perceivers are most likely to agree in their judgments of which of the following traits?

The process of integrating information about a person to create a coherent impression is called

The research of Lee Jussim (2012)suggests that teachers' impressions of their students are

One of the reasons that we are not very successful at detecting deception is because we

Jorge watches his friend Nina interacting with others and makes a situational attribution for her behavior.Jorge believes that

Which psychological process best explains why it is that people sometimes react to news of a natural disaster or violent crime with something less than full sympathy on behalf of the victims?

When forming impressions of others,people

Bella is a teacher who suspects that a student is trying to deceive her.Under which of the following conditions does Bella have the best chance of being accurate in her attempts to detect whether or not the student is lying?

Which scenario describes an embodiment effect in social perception?

Research examining the role of culture in the attribution process has found that

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Aggression

Law

Business

Health

Filters