Exam 4: Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

When we decide that there is something about the situation that is causing a behavior, we are making a(n) ________ attribution.

According to the authors of your text, people use social perception in order to figure people out as part of social survival, and also because it

In a study by Lassiter and his colleagues (2007), they found that when judges and police officers viewed tapes of interrogations, they were likely to find the confession of a suspect more voluntary when the interrogation camera

Research on people's use of the covariation model in making attributions suggests that people are less likely to use ________ information than Kelley's model predicts.

On your birthday, you arrive home and are overjoyed to find a large bouquet of flowers from your best friend. Your eyes grow wide and a broad smile crosses your face. You laugh in delight. This example best illustrates the use of nonverbal behavior to

Larry believes that Chris contributed to getting raped by wearing a skirt and tank top to a party. He also believes that a battered woman in his hometown is probably responsible for the abuse. This way of thinking represents Larry's

After losing a Little League softball game between the Rockets and the Tigers, what is the coach of the losing Rockets likely to say?

Seeing pictures of physically attractive celebrities and models, many people in the U.S. assume that these people are also intelligent, kind, or wealthy. Such assumptions illustrate the implicit personality theory held widely as a culture that

The "hand purse" gesture means "good" or "slow down" in some cultures. In American culture, it doesn't have a clear meaning; therefore, it is a(n)

How have researchers collected evidence that there are six major human emotions conveyed via facial expressions?

The authors of your text present a study by Masuda and his colleagues (2008) that examined cultural differences in social perception. They compared how participants perceived a central character when the surrounding characters in a picture either matched or mismatched the central character's facial expression. Which group of participants spent more time looking at people in the periphery?

According to research conducted by Susskind and his colleagues (2008) presented by the authors of your text, the expression of fear involves facial movements which

Ming is from China; Tyrone is from Canada. Both participate in an experiment in which they take a test, are given feedback and told that they did very well, and then are asked to make attributions for their performance. Based on cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias, you would expect that

Chantelle's family is hosting a Japanese exchange student, Yukiko, at their home for a year. Chantelle notices that Yukiko hides her smile behind her hands. After reading Chapter 4 (Social Perception), Chantelle learns that Yukiko hides her smile because

When observers consider the extent to which different people respond in the same way toward a given stimulus, they are using ________ information.

If research by Pronin and colleagues regarding the bias blind spot applies to you, who would you think is least susceptible to making self-serving attributions?

The authors of your text suggest people from both Eastern and Western cultures share which aspect of the fundamental attribution error?

Explanations for our behavior that help us avoid feelings of vulnerability or mortality are called

An implicit personality theory is a(n)

Samuel, a fifth grader, had to write an essay about how wonderful the mayor was and how much good he had done for the town. Samuel's dad was very upset with him after reading the essay because his dad didn't really like the mayor. Samuel's dad was mad that Samuel disagreed with him, even when Samuel told him he was forced to write the essay. Samuel is in a similar situation as participants in Jones and Harris (1967) study. Samuel's dad is