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

When distinctiveness is ________, consensus is ________, and consistency is high, people are likely to make an external attribution.

Ed and Violet just saw their professor slip and fall. Ed thinks, "What a klutz!", but Violet thinks, "I bet there was water on the floor and she slipped on it." In this case, Ed made an ________ attribution and Violet made an ________ attribution.

According to the text, we often fall prey to fundamental attribution error because

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

Complete the analogy about culture differences: Western culture: ________:: ________: social group.

When people are motivated to reach an accurate judgment, or are suspicious of a person (suspecting lying or ulterior motives for instance), they are more likely to engage in the _________ of the two-step process of attributions.

Based on the information in your text about research by Becker and his colleagues (2007) on decoding emotions, complete the analogy: men: ________:: ________: happiness.

Who displays fewer emotions in general?

________ are culture-specific norms that dictate what kinds of emotional expression is allowed.

The tendency to infer that people's behavior corresponds to or matches their underlying personality disposition is known as the

The belief in a just world is a ________, which helps people ________.

Sebastian sits behind Mark in economics class. One day, an argument starts between Mark and the professor. When asked who he thought was responsible for the argument, who will Sebastian say is more responsible for the argument?

The fundamental attribution error is similar to another cognitive shortcut known as a ________.

Police interviewed witnesses who saw a truck leave the scene of a robbery. Based on the research by Hedden, who is more likely to have seen the artwork around the text of the business name on the side of the truck?

In honor of Rosa Parks' contribution to the civil rights movement, the seat behind the driver on buses in major cities was reserved for one day, and people were asked not to sit there. Some people did actually sit in this seat. Making the assumption that these people were prejudiced or racist is an example of the

According to the authors, it's not easy to understand and explain other people's behaviors because

Which of the following is out of place?

________ information addresses the extent to which an actor behaves in a similar way in response to a stimulus across time and circumstances.

Remy has recently learned about Kelley's covariation model. He uses it when his sister does something that isn't typical for her so the consistency of that behavior is low. What kind of attribution does he make for her behavior?

Recent research suggests that the expression for the emotion of contempt may be