Deck 23: Impression Formation and Social Interaction

Question 1

Which of the following people is associated with impression formation research?

A) Sherif
B) Hovland
C) Asch
D) Tajfel

Answer 1

Asch

Question 2

According to Asch, which factor has the primary role in the final impression formed about another person?

A) Central traits
B) Peripheral traits
C) Personality traits
D) Common traits

Answer 2

Central traits

Question 3

The tendency that a positive impression will be formed of a person if positive information is received about that person, and a negative impression will be formed if negative information is received about that person is known as?

A) Central trait effect
B) Peripheral trait effect
C) Impression formation effect
D) Halo effect

Answer 3

Halo effect

Question 4

The general expectation about the characteristics and beliefs of a person based on knowledge about central traits is called:

A) halo effect.
B) implicit personality theory.
C) explicit personality theory.
D) automatic personality theory.

Question 5

The observation that information presented earlier will have a greater influence than later information on a person's judgements of other people is known as the:

A) outcome effect.
B) recency effect.
C) primacy effect.
D) dependent effect.

Question 6

The observation that information presented later will have a greater influence than earlier information on a person's judgements of other people is known as the:

A) outcome effect.
B) recency effect.
C) primacy effect.
D) dependent effect.

Question 7

Which paradigm or experiment was originally used by Asch to examine primacy and recency effects?

A) Trait reversal experiment
B) Induced compliance experiment
C) Stroop test
D) Implicit association test

Question 8

The tendency to see other people as inherently good and to form a positive impression of them is known as:

A) the person-positivity bias.
B) the self-enhancing bias.
C) the correspondence bias.
D) the self-protecting bias.

Question 9

According to Luchins, which of the following is NOT associated with making a recency judgement?

A) After a delay between receiving information about a person and the impression formation.
B) Motivating a person to attend to later information.
C) Motivating a person to attend to earlier information.
D) Forming an impression of a person we know.

Question 10

The use of various strategies by people to get others to form positive impressions of them is known as:

A) impression development.
B) impression management.
C) impression formation.
D) self-other management.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a strategy used in impression management?

A) Self-promotion
B) Supplication
C) Intimidation
D) Bullying

Question 12

The process of transferring information from one person to another using gestures and facial expressions is known as:

A) visual communication.
B) nonverbal communication.
C) miscommunication.
D) auditory communication.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of Hall's interpersonal distance zones?

A) Public distance
B) Intimate distance
C) Social distance
D) Barrier distance

Question 14

The model of attraction that says we come to like people that are with us when we have a positive experience is called:

A) social exchange model.
B) implicit personality model.
C) reinforcement-affect model.
D) triangular model of love.

Question 15

According to social exchange theory, liking and disliking is dependent upon the:

A) cost-reward ratio.
B) expectancy-value ratio.
C) positive-negative ratio.
D) gender ratio.

Question 16

Which dimensions of love did Sternberg propose in his triangular model of love?

A) Helping, loving, intimacy
B) Passion, loving, helping
C) Passion, commitment, intimacy
D) Intimacy, commitment, loving

Question 17

Which model or theory proposes that helping others is one mechanism we use to relieve the distress caused by witnessing another in need?

A) Social exchange theory
B) Diffusion of responsibility model
C) Empathy-altruism hypothesis
D) Negative state relief theory

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an explanation of the bystander effect?

A) Diffusion of responsibility
B) Bystander-calculus model
C) Dissonance effect
D) Pluralistic ignorance

Question 19

That aggression is the result of learned behaviour, excitation or arousal from another source and the interpretation of this arousal is known as:

A) excitation-transfer approach.
B) excitation-reinforcement approach.
C) excitation-extinction approach.
D) excitation-arousal approach.

Question 20

For Bandura, which of the following is NOT important for understanding aggressive behaviour?

A) Previous experience with aggressive behaviour.
B) Likelihood of reinforcement of the aggressive behaviour.
C) Genetic programming.
D) Situational aspects in the current context.