Exam 4: Perceiving Persons

What is priming effect?

On what cues should social perceivers focus in order to try to detect if someone is trying to deceive others? Conversely, on what cues do social perceivers typically focus, and why are these cues less revealing?

A meta-analysis conducted by Elfenbein and Ambady (2002) found that the emotion that is most accurately judged across cultures on facial expressions is

The process of forming an overall impression of people's character depending upon available information about their traits and behaviors is called

Research on motivational biases suggests that if you are a people person, you will

Everyone you know seems to love the TV show The Bachelor . But every time you watch The Bachelor , you have the same reaction: you hate it with a passion. According to Kelley's (1967) covariation theory of attribution, your dislike of this show would be

The "Quiz Show" study by Ross and colleagues (1977) found that in judging the general knowledge of the contestant and questioner,

Which of the following statement is true based on counterfactual thinking among Olympic medalists?

How are adults with baby-faced facial features perceived and treated differently than adults with mature facial features? What are two explanations for these effects?

Research on perception of complex action, such as athletic activity, indicates that compared to people who break the event up into gross units, those who break the event up into fine units tend to

While on an airplane, John completes a crossword puzzle in which interrupt , rude , and blunt are all answers. After landing, John gets in line to speak to someone at the ticket counter, but the ticket agent does not notice him because he is too busy talking with another employee. Research on priming suggests that John will be likely to

According to Jones and Davis's (1965) correspondent inference theory, observers trying to infer what an actor is trying to achieve by a particular action would ask all of the following questions except which question?

Why is social perception more complex than the simple perception of static objects?

The finding that people's initial impressions of someone affect their interpretation of subsequent information about that person is most consistent with the

Which of the following assertions is supported by research on deception?

According to Gilbert's two-step model of social perception, distraction leads to the fundamental attribution error as it

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to attribute

Describe Kelley's covariation principle as it relates to the manner in which attributions are made. Support your answer with examples.

During her social psychology course this morning, Leticia learned about the situational obstacles that often prevent people helping others in need. As she is eating lunch with her friends after class, one of them begins coughing and Leticia offers help to her. Leticia's behavior is most likely the result of

Following are the stages of the interpersonal perception process except