Exam 2: Social Cognition: Understanding Others and Ourselves

If you believe you will do well on this test, and you talk yourself into doing well, some of that success can be attributed to

Tonight I posted what I had for dinner on Facebook. This post would be an example of a(n)_________ -generated social media cue.

You have recently interviewed for five different jobs. You did not get any of these jobs. You have been depressed, and you think you are not good enough to compete. If your attitude causes you to behave in ways that make the next prospective employer think you are not good enough, what might be affecting your success?

Forcing new information to fit a memory structure or filtering it out because it doesn't fit is known as ___________.

According to the text, when forming a first impression of Anna, Jeff would most likely notice her _____ first.

The set of ideas about yourself that you are actively remembering at any given time is your ________ self-concept.

If I meet Janna at an Operation Christmas Child project meeting, I may assume that she is honest, hard-working, and a churchgoer-all traits I have. I am overestimating the similarity between Janna and me, which is known as _________.

The gap between our inaccurate self-perceptions and reality is called incongruence.

How other people react to our behaviors has little influence on our self-concept.

People with an interdependent self-concept view their traits, abilities, and characteristics within the context of a particular relationship.

The judgment process of developing an initial concept of another person is known as __________.

________ stereotyping occurs when people act toward someone on the basis of a stereotype, even though they are minimally aware that they are basing their interaction on stereotypes.

Name three of the five differences between perceiving people and perceiving objects.

Damon uses vulgar language when he is around Will, trying to influence the perception that Will has of him. This would be an example of _________,

If we know someone only from his or her social media posts, we will think about that person based on how he or she looks and acts.

Life-changing situations such as moving to a new city or getting a divorce may result in

To make a good impression on social media, scholars advise users to carefully construct their profiles and not worry about friend selection.

Erin has a tendency to be late for class. So, when she was late for our breakfast date, I assumed she had overslept. An explanation of behavior as resulting from a cause that is under the person's control is known as _________ attribution.

Because many social cognitive processes that operate automatically are biased in various ways, skillful communicators should monitor their messages for _________.

Describe the characteristics of basic emotions-what makes emotions "basic?"