Exam 4: Perceptions and Attributions

According to the model of the basic elements in the perceptual process,which of the following is an internal factor that influences perceptual selection?

Under conditions of high consensus,high consistency,and low distinctiveness,the perceiver will tend to attribute the behavior of the perceived to external causes.

People base their behaviors on what they perceive reality to be,not necessarily on what reality is.

After being fired from a job,a constructive action to take would be to work through the firing psychologically.

An expectation of a particular interpretation based on past experience with the same or similar stimuli is referred to as an individual set.

Recommendations for creating positive performance expectations include all of the following except:

An internal factor that influences perceptual selection is:

Explain why perceptual accuracy in person perception is important in the employment interview.Give an example of a common interview error.

According to the Communication Competency: Hand Gestures,waving the full arm side to side can be confused for "come here" in which country:

Impression management is the use of techniques by an individual to manipulate or control the impressions that others form about the person.

An e-mail message from a manager to an employee that reads "please stop by my office at your convenience" is likely to be perceived differently than a message that reads "report to my office immediately." This is based on the external factor of:

The five common errors of person perception during the employment interview process: similarity error,contrast error,overweighting of negative information,race,gender,and age bias,and first-impression error.

All of the following is appropriate advice to increase the accuracy of person perception except:

All of the following are tactics of impression management except:

Susan,the human resource manager at Pepsi,created an employee training program on safety standards.After all employees attended the training,Monica noticed that the number of employee complaints about safety violations went up.This is probably a result of the effect of ____ on perceptual selection.

Common perceptual errors include perceptual defense,stereotyping,and the halo effect.

Attributions made about the reasons for someone's behavior will not affect judgments about that individual's basic characteristics.

If the boss perceives a subordinate as a strong performer,all of the following behaviors are more likely except:

In the attribution process,the extent to which others,faced with the same situation,behave in a manner similar to the person perceived is referred to as:

Describe the major elements in the perceptual process.