Question 1

The process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called ,and frequently makes use of .

Accepted Answer

A) social awareness; not really caring about people 
B) social attribution; impression management 
C) social perception; nonverbal communication 
D) social consistency; correspondence bias 
E) social discovery; verbal communication 
A) social awareness; not really caring about people 
B) social attribution; impression management 
C) social perception; nonverbal communication 
D) social consistency; correspondence bias 
E) social discovery; verbal communication

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) correspondence bias 
B) availability bias 
C) correlational bias 
A) correspondence bias 
B) availability bias 
C) correlational bias

Question 3

Participants in an experiment who were exposed to someone who lies in an interview were to in a later conversation.

Accepted Answer

A) more likely; lie 
B) less likely; lie 
C) more likely; blame the interviewee 
D) more likely; find fault with lies of exaggeration 
E) less likely; speak without speaking mistakes 
A) more likely; lie 
B) less likely; lie 
C) more likely; blame the interviewee 
D) more likely; find fault with lies of exaggeration 
E) less likely; speak without speaking mistakes

Question 4

involves our efforts to understand why other people act the way that they do.

Accepted Answer

The answer of involves our efforts to understand why other...

Question 5

Early research conducted by Solomon Asch suggests the presence of central traits,which are .

Accepted Answer

A) relatively unimportant characteristics that interact with each other to determine our overall impression of another person 
B) clusters of traits that we use to try to understand and explain the behavior of another person 
C) traits that strongly encourage the self-serving bias 
D) traits that strongly color the way we interpret other aspects of another person 
E) traits that have a relatively weak effect on our overall impression of another person 
A) relatively unimportant characteristics that interact with each other to determine our overall impression of another person 
B) clusters of traits that we use to try to understand and explain the behavior of another person 
C) traits that strongly encourage the self-serving bias 
D) traits that strongly color the way we interpret other aspects of another person 
E) traits that have a relatively weak effect on our overall impression of another person

Question 6

Research evidence tends to indicate that social perception .

Accepted Answer

A) is sometimes accurate and sometimes flawed because of our implicit theories 
B) has very restricted accuracy,because there are just too many attributional errors 
C) can be quite accurate,despite attributional errors 
D) is not at all accurate,because of the many attributional errors 
E) will never be very accurate until all attributional errors are eliminated 
A) is sometimes accurate and sometimes flawed because of our implicit theories 
B) has very restricted accuracy,because there are just too many attributional errors 
C) can be quite accurate,despite attributional errors 
D) is not at all accurate,because of the many attributional errors 
E) will never be very accurate until all attributional errors are eliminated

Question 7

Which statement BEST describes the attribution process?

Accepted Answer

A) The process by which we seek to understand the causes of the behavior of others and ourselves. 
B) The process by which we focus attention inward for reflection. 
C) The process by which we combine information about others into unified impressions of them. 
D) The process by which we attempt to shift blame away from ourselves. 
E) The process by which we seek to understand our own feelings,traits,and motives. 
A) The process by which we seek to understand the causes of the behavior of others and ourselves. 
B) The process by which we focus attention inward for reflection. 
C) The process by which we combine information about others into unified impressions of them. 
D) The process by which we attempt to shift blame away from ourselves. 
E) The process by which we seek to understand our own feelings,traits,and motives.

Question 8

Mike is applying for a job in advertising.While he is out to dinner with the interviewer,Mike pulls out and lights an expensive cigar and offers one to the interviewer).Mike is using what tactic to increase his chances of getting the job?

Accepted Answer

A) self-enhancement 
B) induction 
C) other-enhancement 
A) self-enhancement 
B) induction 
C) other-enhancement

Question 9

consists of the efforts individuals make to create favorable first impressions on others.

Accepted Answer

A) The augmenting principle 
B) Distinctiveness 
C) Impression management 
A) The augmenting principle 
B) Distinctiveness 
C) Impression management

Question 10

Our tendency to believe that our own behavior reflects external causes and that other people's behavior reflects internal causes is known as .

Accepted Answer

A) the actor-observer effect 
B) explicit theory formation 
C) the fundamental attribution error 
A) the actor-observer effect 
B) explicit theory formation 
C) the fundamental attribution error

Question 11

Jeremy has started to ask his wife,who is also his business partner,to attend important business functions and meetings in order to help him determine when others are being deceptive when negotiating business deals.Jeremy believes that his wife will be able to use her "women's intuition" to detect falsehoods and deceptions more easily and accurately than he can.What should Jeremy know about recent social psychology research in this area?

Accepted Answer

A) In general,men are better than women at sending and understanding nonverbal communications except when deception is involved. 
B) In general,men and women are fairly equal at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,even when deception is involved. 
C) In general,women are better than men at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,especially when deception is involved. 
D) In general,men are better than women at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,especially when deception is involved. 
E) In general,women are better than men at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,except when deception is involved. 
A) In general,men are better than women at sending and understanding nonverbal communications except when deception is involved. 
B) In general,men and women are fairly equal at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,even when deception is involved. 
C) In general,women are better than men at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,especially when deception is involved. 
D) In general,men are better than women at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,especially when deception is involved. 
E) In general,women are better than men at sending and understanding nonverbal communications,except when deception is involved.

Question 12

Members of collectivistic cultures are more likely to recognize more of the situational determinants of behavior than are members of individualistic cultures.As a result,members of collectivist societies are .

Accepted Answer

A) somewhat less likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
B) a great deal more likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
C) unaware of the fundamental attribution error 
D) somewhat more likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
E) able to avoid the fundamental attribution error completely 
A) somewhat less likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
B) a great deal more likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
C) unaware of the fundamental attribution error 
D) somewhat more likely to make the fundamental attribution error 
E) able to avoid the fundamental attribution error completely

Question 13

There are basic emotions that get represented on the human face.

Accepted Answer

A) five 
B) seven 
C) three 
A) five 
B) seven 
C) three

Question 14

The self-defeating pattern of attributions exhibited by many depressed individuals can successfully be treated by therapies that .

Accepted Answer

A) encourage people to blame themselves for all negative outcomes and to avoid taking credit for successful outcomes and to avoid 
B) encourage people to take credit for significant others' accomplishments and to blame themselves for negative outcomes 
C) encourage people to examine the roots of their depression that can be found in their repressed urges,inner conflicts or traumatic childhood events 
D) encourage people to view some successes and failures as due to external factors that they can control to some extent 
E) encourage people to take credit for successful outcomes and to avoid blaming themselves for all negative outcomes 
A) encourage people to blame themselves for all negative outcomes and to avoid taking credit for successful outcomes and to avoid 
B) encourage people to take credit for significant others' accomplishments and to blame themselves for negative outcomes 
C) encourage people to examine the roots of their depression that can be found in their repressed urges,inner conflicts or traumatic childhood events 
D) encourage people to view some successes and failures as due to external factors that they can control to some extent 
E) encourage people to take credit for successful outcomes and to avoid blaming themselves for all negative outcomes

Question 15

The fundamental attribution error is most likely to occur in .

Accepted Answer

A) Korea 
B) Australia 
C) India 
A) Korea 
B) Australia 
C) India

Question 16

The process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do is known as .

Accepted Answer

A) causal misdirection 
B) impression management 
C) attribution 
A) causal misdirection 
B) impression management 
C) attribution

Question 17

In general,women are better than men at reading body language,in part because .

Accepted Answer

A) of the way women are socialized in Eastern society 
B) of the weaker attentional abilities that women have 
C) of men's stronger ability to send nonverbal signals 
D) their lower status may have made it essential in human evolutionary history 
E) men are socialized to pay attention only to spoken language in Western society 
A) of the way women are socialized in Eastern society 
B) of the weaker attentional abilities that women have 
C) of men's stronger ability to send nonverbal signals 
D) their lower status may have made it essential in human evolutionary history 
E) men are socialized to pay attention only to spoken language in Western society

Question 18

Impression formation is .

Accepted Answer

A) the process by which we regulate our own behavior in order to achieve a particular goal 
B) the process by which particular facial expressions are used by particularly effective public speakers 
C) the process by which we attempt to make favorable first impressions on others 
D) the process by which we form impressions of others 
E) the process by which implicit personality theories are recognized. 
A) the process by which we regulate our own behavior in order to achieve a particular goal 
B) the process by which particular facial expressions are used by particularly effective public speakers 
C) the process by which we attempt to make favorable first impressions on others 
D) the process by which we form impressions of others 
E) the process by which implicit personality theories are recognized.

Question 19

One therapy that is based on changing attributions of depressed people involves .

Accepted Answer

A) channeling negative emotion into positive emotion 
B) changing the way that depressed people make attributions about success and failure 
C) the client transferring depressive affect from themselves to the therapist 
D) channeling negative emotion from depression into action 
E) understanding the underlying childhood events that lead to the depression 
A) channeling negative emotion into positive emotion 
B) changing the way that depressed people make attributions about success and failure 
C) the client transferring depressive affect from themselves to the therapist 
D) channeling negative emotion from depression into action 
E) understanding the underlying childhood events that lead to the depression

Question 20

Mary sees Greta trip while walking down an outside flight of steps,and thinks to herself,"What a clumsy person!" Five minutes later,though,Mary trips on the same flight of steps,and says to an onlooker,"It's very icy today!" This is an illustration of the .

Accepted Answer

A) actor-observer effect 
B) self-serving bias effect 
C) blame avoidance principle 
A) actor-observer effect 
B) self-serving bias effect 
C) blame avoidance principle

The process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called ,and frequently makes use of .

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

Participants in an experiment who were exposed to someone who lies in an interview were to in a later conversation.

involves our efforts to understand why other people act the way that they do.

Early research conducted by Solomon Asch suggests the presence of central traits,which are .

Research evidence tends to indicate that social perception .

Which statement BEST describes the attribution process?

Mike is applying for a job in advertising.While he is out to dinner with the interviewer,Mike pulls out and lights an expensive cigar and offers one to the interviewer).Mike is using what tactic to increase his chances of getting the job?

consists of the efforts individuals make to create favorable first impressions on others.

Our tendency to believe that our own behavior reflects external causes and that other people's behavior reflects internal causes is known as .

Members of collectivistic cultures are more likely to recognize more of the situational determinants of behavior than are members of individualistic cultures.As a result,members of collectivist societies are .

There are basic emotions that get represented on the human face.

The self-defeating pattern of attributions exhibited by many depressed individuals can successfully be treated by therapies that .

The fundamental attribution error is most likely to occur in .

The process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do is known as .

In general,women are better than men at reading body language,in part because .

Impression formation is .

One therapy that is based on changing attributions of depressed people involves .

Mary sees Greta trip while walking down an outside flight of steps,and thinks to herself,"What a clumsy person!" Five minutes later,though,Mary trips on the same flight of steps,and says to an onlooker,"It's very icy today!" This is an illustration of the .

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Exam 3: Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others

The process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called ,and frequently makes use of .

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

Participants in an experiment who were exposed to someone who lies in an interview were to in a later conversation.

involves our efforts to understand why other people act the way that they do.

Early research conducted by Solomon Asch suggests the presence of central traits,which are .

Research evidence tends to indicate that social perception .

Which statement BEST describes the attribution process?

Mike is applying for a job in advertising.While he is out to dinner with the interviewer,Mike pulls out and lights an expensive cigar and offers one to the interviewer).Mike is using what tactic to increase his chances of getting the job?

consists of the efforts individuals make to create favorable first impressions on others.

Our tendency to believe that our own behavior reflects external causes and that other people's behavior reflects internal causes is known as .

Members of collectivistic cultures are more likely to recognize more of the situational determinants of behavior than are members of individualistic cultures.As a result,members of collectivist societies are .

There are basic emotions that get represented on the human face.

The self-defeating pattern of attributions exhibited by many depressed individuals can successfully be treated by therapies that .

The fundamental attribution error is most likely to occur in .

The process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do is known as .

In general,women are better than men at reading body language,in part because .

Impression formation is .

One therapy that is based on changing attributions of depressed people involves .

Mary sees Greta trip while walking down an outside flight of steps,and thinks to herself,"What a clumsy person!" Five minutes later,though,Mary trips on the same flight of steps,and says to an onlooker,"It's very icy today!" This is an illustration of the .

Social Psychology: The Science of the Social Side of Life

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

The Self: Answering the Question Who Am I

Attitudes: Evaluating and Responding to the Social World

The Causes,effects,and Cures of Stereotyping,prejudice,and Discrimination

Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships

Social Influence: Changing Others Behavior

Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others

Aggression: Its Nature,causes,and Control

Groups and Individuals: the Consequences of Belonging

Social Psychology: Applying Its Principles to Law,health,and Business

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