Exam 6: Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Women seem to have a difficult time judging the sociosexuality of men.

In a series of studies about intellectual expectancies, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) found that schoolchildren randomly identified as "late bloomers" showed an average IQ increase of about 15 points by the end of the school year. These studies demonstrated ________.

A judge may see a target's behavior, pay attention to the behavior, and use the behavior in his or her judgment about the target's personality. However, for the personality judgment to be accurate, the ________.

The basic reason that research on the accuracy of personality judgments experienced a lengthy hiatus between 1955 and the mid-1980s was that ________.

The observation "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a duck" illustrates the method of ________.

Research on intellectual and social expectancies demonstrates that ________.

The philosophy of constructivism is widespread in modern intellectual life.

It appears that there are gender differences in the attributes that make someone a good judge of personality.

How should you act in everyday life according to the "transparent self" theory of psychological health?

What was the boundary on the acquaintanceship effect identified by Colvin and Funder (1991)?

In making an overall judgment of your personality, which person should be most accurate?

Shy people fear social interactions and often feel lonely. They are typically perceived by others as ________.

Julie does not like to attend parties because she is shy and convinced that people will not like her. When Julie does go to a party, she avoids eye contact, gives abrupt responses to other people's questions, and quickly withdraws from interactions. As a result, she spends most of the evening in a corner by herself, convinced that no one at the party likes her. This is an example of ________.

To evaluate accuracy in personality judgments, researchers often want to know if personality judgments have predictive validity.

The statement "There is no such thing as objective reality, only human ideas or perceptions of reality" would most likely be made by a ________. The statement "The absence of perfect, infallible criteria for truth does not force us to conclude that all interpretations of reality are equally likely to be correct" would most likely be made by a ________.

Observing someone in an emotionally arousing situation helps improve the accuracy of your judgment of their personality.

Imagine your new roommate makes her bed carefully each morning. What might you infer with some accuracy about her personality?

According to research described in the textbook, about how often did the more "competent" looking candidate win in the 2004 senate races?

What are the steps in the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM) of personality judgment?

A professor has been married for 10 years but her husband has never seen her give a lecture. According to the textbook, which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the accurate prediction of her behavior during lectures?