Question 1

What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?

Accepted Answer

A)  factors in the setting, factors in the environment, and factors in the motives 
B)  factors in the personality, factors in the character, and factors in the values 
C)  factors in the perceiver, factors in the target, and factors in the situation 
D)  factors in the character, factors in knowledge, and factors in experience 
E)  factors in the senses, factors in the surroundings, and factors in the lighting

Question 2

Investors bragged about their investing expertise during the US stock market rally between 1996 and early 2000, then blamed analysts, brokers, and the US Federal Reserve when the market imploded in 2000. These investors were most probably guilty of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  fundamental attribution error 
B)  the halo effect 
C)  self-serving bias 
D)  selective perception 
E)  distinctiveness

Question 3

Personal characteristics affecting perception include the time at which an object or event is seen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The students in your class are presenting their oral presentations in front of the entire class. You have heard that there are several frequently used shortcuts to judging others and are wondering if any of these are being used by your teacher.
-Camilla has already presented two excellent reports. The report she has just presented is clearly not as good as the first two reports, yet she is given the same high grade as before. What shortcut has the teacher used in this case?

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotyping 
B)  assertion 
C)  the halo effect 
D)  the contrast effect 
E)  projection

Question 5

Whenever Jana is successful she takes full credit for what has happened, but whenever she is unsuccessful she attributes her failure to bad luck or blames one of her fellow employees. She is guilty of _____ .

Accepted Answer

A)  fundamental attribution error 
B)  attribution bias 
C)  the halo effect 
D)  self-serving bias 
E)  distinctiveness

Question 6

Expertise is the foundation for all creative work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors while putting the blame for failures on external factors is called the fundamental attribution error.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Availability bias is the tendency for people to base judgments on information that is readily available to them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The students in your class are presenting their oral presentations in front of the entire class. You have heard that there are several frequently used shortcuts to judging others and are wondering if any of these are being used by your teacher.
-Ayeisha has just presented her paper and has done a really good job. Why should you not want to present your own paper directly after she does?

Accepted Answer

A)  to avoid the projection effect 
B)  to avoid the ultimate attribution error 
C)  to avoid the halo effect 
D)  to avoid the contrast effect 
E)  to avoid the stereotyping effect

Question 10

When the police began searching for a serial killer, they stopped only vehicles carrying Caucasian males. What are the police engaging in?

Accepted Answer

A)  prototyping 
B)  the halo effect 
C)  contrast effects 
D)  selective perception 
E)  profiling

Exam 3: Perception and Individual Decision Making

What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?

Investors bragged about their investing expertise during the US stock market rally between 1996 and early 2000, then blamed analysts, brokers, and the US Federal Reserve when the market imploded in 2000. These investors were most probably guilty of what?

Personal characteristics affecting perception include the time at which an object or event is seen.

Whenever Jana is successful she takes full credit for what has happened, but whenever she is unsuccessful she attributes her failure to bad luck or blames one of her fellow employees. She is guilty of _____ .

Expertise is the foundation for all creative work.

The tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors while putting the blame for failures on external factors is called the fundamental attribution error.

Availability bias is the tendency for people to base judgments on information that is readily available to them.

When the police began searching for a serial killer, they stopped only vehicles carrying Caucasian males. What are the police engaging in?