Exam 5: Social Perception: How Do We Perceive Others?

Suppose someone robbed a bank.How would Lee,who is from a collectivist culture,be most likely to explain this behavior?

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages of the three-stage model of attribution?

You see a man bump into and knock over an elderly woman crossing the street and he doesn't stop to help her up.According to the phenomenon of spontaneous trait inference,you would likely assume the man:

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the six basic emotions that are conveyed with the same expression across different cultures?

According to research by Asch,if you wanted to make a long-lasting,good impression on your new roommates,you should present positive information about yourself before negative information.

Self-verification refers to the notion that we want others to see us the way we see ourselves.

People from collectivist cultures are more likely to make __________ attributions for behavior while people from individualistic cultures are more likely to make __________ attributions for behavior.

According to information presented in your textbook,which of the following people would you predict would be more likely to lie in an online setting?

Anna has a high need for cognition.Describe what Anna is probably like in her day to day life.Is Anna more or less likely to engage in the correspondence bias? Why or why not?

When one positive thing is known or believed about a target person,we tend to infer that the individual is positive overall and thus has other positive features.This is termed:

Judy is going on a date but does not expect to have a good time.She acts in a way that communicates to her date that she is bored and disinterested.As a result,he behaves bored and disinterested.This exemplifies what phenomenon?

Research supports the idea that we are generally more accurate in perceiving people under what circumstance?

Jarrod is a handsome college athlete and,as a result,many people also view him as friendly,outgoing,warm,and very likeable.This illustrates what phenomenon?

Becky's political views can be considered liberal.Is Becky more or less likely to subscribe to 'belief in a just world.'Why or why not?

According to your textbook,cultural differences in how behavior is explained seem to increase with _______.

What do both the correspondent inference theory and the covariation theory assume about how we attribute causes to behaviors?

Who would be most likely to automatically infer a situational cause for vandalizing public property?

Which phenomenon states that we have a tendency to make dispositional attributions for others' behavior but situational attributions for our own behavior?

Pamela believes that women who are on welfare are responsible for their situation and she doesn't believe they deserve help from the government.Pamela is illustrating:

Research suggests that we expect attractive people to: