Exam 3: Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others

Nonverbal cues are often useful in detecting .

The theory of correspondent inference suggests that .

Deborah has just spent a great deal of money on a new fur coat.When she showed it to her husband,she asked if he liked it.Without hesitation,her husband responded by saying "Yes.It is beautiful." Before he spoke,however,a slight frown appeared on his face for less than a second.This might indicate that he is concealing his true feelings from his wife and is known as .

Research from the cognitive perspective on impression formation suggests that we form our impressions of other people in part by .

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

Collectivist cultures,such as in China or Korea,tend to emphasize to a greater extent than do Western cultures,such as the United States or Great Britain.

Typically,information about others tends to be most informative when there is are).

We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we notice that other waiters avoid flirting with that customer.This best represents the concept of .

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meets at work,and believes that this is because Kayla is a friendly,outgoing person.In fact,Kayla is rather shy and withdrawn most of the time,but her job at a local bank requires that she talk with most of the bank's customers periodically.Abbie's perception of Kayla is mistaken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

Noncommon effects .

Suppose we are trying to discern whether an individual is lying based on his or her verbal and nonverbal information and cues.Which of the following statements BEST describes how well we will be able to judge whether this individual is lying?