Question 1

Though most research shows participants to assimilate ambiguous behavior to primed traits, which of the following shows a lack of assimilation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Experimental demand 
B)  Contrast Effects 
C)  Verbal overshadowing 
D)  Ecological perception 
A)  Experimental demand 
B)  Contrast Effects 
C)  Verbal overshadowing 
D)  Ecological perception B

Question 2

When perceiving a face looking directly at you, which of the following is least likely?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rapid categorization of the face by gender 
B)  Facilitated recall of the face 
C)  The face appears more attractive than if it were looking away 
D)  Lower likelihood of associating the face with negative stereotypes 
A)  Rapid categorization of the face by gender 
B)  Facilitated recall of the face 
C)  The face appears more attractive than if it were looking away 
D)  Lower likelihood of associating the face with negative stereotypes D

Question 3

Which of the following has been proposed to be a mediator for differential attention and differential judgments?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accessibility of recall 
B)  Causal relevance of recall 
C)  All of the above 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Accessibility of recall 
B)  Causal relevance of recall 
C)  All of the above 
D)  None of the above D

Question 4

What are the most central traits that people infer from faces?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kindness and confidence 
B)  Persistence and dependability 
C)  Intelligence and fairness 
D)  Trustworthiness and competence 
A)  Kindness and confidence 
B)  Persistence and dependability 
C)  Intelligence and fairness 
D)  Trustworthiness and competence

Question 5

You are impressed to see a student happily donate $100 to charity, and later describe that person as "generous." This is best described as an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Automatic processing 
B)  Spontaneous trait inference 
C)  Emotional overgeneralization 
D)  Behavioral salience 
A)  Automatic processing 
B)  Spontaneous trait inference 
C)  Emotional overgeneralization 
D)  Behavioral salience

Question 6

Gaze appears primarily as what kind of phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding 
B)  Internal attention 
C)  External attention 
D)  Accessibility 
A)  Encoding 
B)  Internal attention 
C)  External attention 
D)  Accessibility

Question 7

Which of the following emotional displays is most likely to increase the social salience of a face?

Accepted Answer

A)  Happiness 
B)  Sadness 
C)  Anger 
D)  Surprise 
A)  Happiness 
B)  Sadness 
C)  Anger 
D)  Surprise

Question 8

"Ecological perception" can be best described in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Perception and resolution of inconsistent environmental cues 
B)  Automatic trait inferences based on the configuration of a stimulus 
C)  Affective cues that bias the encoding of categorical information 
D)  Cognitive mechanisms that operate outside of awareness to facilitate recall 
A)  Perception and resolution of inconsistent environmental cues 
B)  Automatic trait inferences based on the configuration of a stimulus 
C)  Affective cues that bias the encoding of categorical information 
D)  Cognitive mechanisms that operate outside of awareness to facilitate recall

Question 9

Imagine you see a person commit a crime. Which of the following strategies is most likely to facilitate your later recognition of that person's face during a police lineup?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immediately describing the person's face in great detail 
B)  Focusing on memorizing the most distinctive features of the face, particularly the eyes and mouth 
C)  Focusing on the periphery of the face, such as the shape of the jaw, instead of the more central features 
D)  Thinking of the face globally, or holistically 
A)  Immediately describing the person's face in great detail 
B)  Focusing on memorizing the most distinctive features of the face, particularly the eyes and mouth 
C)  Focusing on the periphery of the face, such as the shape of the jaw, instead of the more central features 
D)  Thinking of the face globally, or holistically

Question 10

Which of the following properties of a stimulus is least likely to influence attention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salience 
B)  Vividness 
C)  Representation 
D)  Accessibility 
A)  Salience 
B)  Vividness 
C)  Representation 
D)  Accessibility

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the effects of an unconscious prime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encourages a person to behave in a way towards which the person was already inclined 
B)  To be effective, the prime must be directly linked with the concept in question 
C)  Can have significant long-term effects even when the stimulus is presented briefly 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Encourages a person to behave in a way towards which the person was already inclined 
B)  To be effective, the prime must be directly linked with the concept in question 
C)  Can have significant long-term effects even when the stimulus is presented briefly 
D)  None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following emphasizes external stimulus information and describes the organization in it as "inherent in a stimulus for a particular perceiver, based on that person's history of perceptual experiences"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ecological perception 
B)  Gibsonian approach 
C)  Both A and B 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Ecological perception 
B)  Gibsonian approach 
C)  Both A and B 
D)  None of the above

Question 13

A person suffering from depression thinks about negative evaluations almost every time he thinks about himself. This would best be described as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Private self-focus 
B)  Chronic accessibility 
C)  Affective encoding 
D)  Stereotypic exaggeration 
A)  Private self-focus 
B)  Chronic accessibility 
C)  Affective encoding 
D)  Stereotypic exaggeration

Question 14

Which of the following statements has been shown to be true regarding vividness effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vivid information is more persuasive than dry, abstract messages 
B)  Vivid information easily brings to mind internal visual representations, making them more memorable 
C)  Vivid, direct experiences change attitudes more effectively than secondhand experiences 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Vivid information is more persuasive than dry, abstract messages 
B)  Vivid information easily brings to mind internal visual representations, making them more memorable 
C)  Vivid, direct experiences change attitudes more effectively than secondhand experiences 
D)  None of the above

Question 15

Studies in ___________ indicate that baby-faced adults are perceived to have more childlike qualities than mature-faced adults. These studies suggest that this response is an adaptive response for the species' survival, because adults must nurture and protect the young.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive neuroscience 
B)  Social salience 
C)  Ecological perspective 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Cognitive neuroscience 
B)  Social salience 
C)  Ecological perspective 
D)  None of the above

Question 16

If you find yourself daydreaming in class about a date last night, which of the following best describes this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding 
B)  Internal attention 
C)  External attention 
D)  Accessibility 
A)  Encoding 
B)  Internal attention 
C)  External attention 
D)  Accessibility

Question 17

Which of the following show accessibility effects due to priming?

Accepted Answer

A)  Positive or negative personality traits 
B)  Racial stereotypes 
C)  Gender-role stereotypes 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Positive or negative personality traits 
B)  Racial stereotypes 
C)  Gender-role stereotypes 
D)  All of the above

Question 18

Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of vividness on attitude change. Based on the research, which of the following would be most persuasive?

Accepted Answer

A)  A message accompanied by a large, clear photograph 
B)  A message written in emotional, concrete language 
C)  A message with many supporting facts and data 
D)  None of these has shown to be particularly effective 
A)  A message accompanied by a large, clear photograph 
B)  A message written in emotional, concrete language 
C)  A message with many supporting facts and data 
D)  None of these has shown to be particularly effective

Question 19

Which of the following would be the best cue to rapidly direct someone's gaze to the left?

Accepted Answer

A)  An arrow pointing left 
B)  A picture of eyes looking left 
C)  A finger and hand pointing left 
D)  Displaying the word "left" 
A)  An arrow pointing left 
B)  A picture of eyes looking left 
C)  A finger and hand pointing left 
D)  Displaying the word "left"

Question 20

A particularly salient behavioral display is least likely to result in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased tendency for spontaneous trait inference 
B)  Increased attention to environmental cues 
C)  Increased evaluation of the target's prominence 
D)  Increased exaggeration of positive or negative aspects of the behavior 
A)  Increased tendency for spontaneous trait inference 
B)  Increased attention to environmental cues 
C)  Increased evaluation of the target's prominence 
D)  Increased exaggeration of positive or negative aspects of the behavior

Exam 3: Section 1 : Attention and Encoding

Though most research shows participants to assimilate ambiguous behavior to primed traits, which of the following shows a lack of assimilation?

When perceiving a face looking directly at you, which of the following is least likely?

Which of the following has been proposed to be a mediator for differential attention and differential judgments?

What are the most central traits that people infer from faces?

You are impressed to see a student happily donate $100 to charity, and later describe that person as "generous." This is best described as an example of what?

Gaze appears primarily as what kind of phenomenon?

Which of the following emotional displays is most likely to increase the social salience of a face?

"Ecological perception" can be best described in which of the following ways?

Imagine you see a person commit a crime. Which of the following strategies is most likely to facilitate your later recognition of that person's face during a police lineup?

Which of the following properties of a stimulus is least likely to influence attention?

Which of the following best describes the effects of an unconscious prime?

Which of the following emphasizes external stimulus information and describes the organization in it as "inherent in a stimulus for a particular perceiver, based on that person's history of perceptual experiences"?

A person suffering from depression thinks about negative evaluations almost every time he thinks about himself. This would best be described as which of the following?

Which of the following statements has been shown to be true regarding vividness effects?

Studies in ___________ indicate that baby-faced adults are perceived to have more childlike qualities than mature-faced adults. These studies suggest that this response is an adaptive response for the species' survival, because adults must nurture and protect the young.

If you find yourself daydreaming in class about a date last night, which of the following best describes this process?

Which of the following show accessibility effects due to priming?

Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of vividness on attitude change. Based on the research, which of the following would be most persuasive?

Which of the following would be the best cue to rapidly direct someone's gaze to the left?

A particularly salient behavioral display is least likely to result in which of the following?

Section 1 : Introduction

Section 2: Introduction

Section 1 : Dual Modes in Social Cognition

Section 2: Dual Modes in Social Cognition

Section 2: Attention and Encoding

Section 1 : Representation in Memory

Section 2: Representation in Memory

Section 1 : Self in Social Cognition

Section 2: Self in Social Cognition

Section 1 : Attribution Processes

Section 2: Attribution Processes

Section 1 : Heuristics and Shortcuts: Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making

Section 2: Heuristics and Shortcuts: Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making

Section 1 : Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Interference

Section 2: Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Interference

Section 1 : Cognitive Structures of Attitudes

Section 2: Cognitive Structures of Attitudes

Section 1 : Cognitive Processing of Attitudes

Section 2: Cognitive Processing of Attitudes

Section 1 : Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias

Section 2: Stereotyping: Cognition and Bias

Section 1 : Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases

Section 2: Prejudice: Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases

Section 1 : From Social Cognition to Affect

Section 2: From Social Cognition to Affect

Section 1 : From Affect to Social Cognition

Section 2: From Affect to Social Cognition

Section 1 : Behaviour and Cognition

Section 2: Behaviour and Cognition

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