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

Contemporary researchers have collected evidence that naturalist Charles Darwin (1872) was correct when he asserted that facial expressions are ________ specific.

Drake is traveling with family when a shop owner asks a question that he doesn't understand. Drake shakes his head, but then the shop owner rings up the sale and holds out his hand for money. The shaking seems to have indicated "yes" rather than "no." Drake is traveling in

When people communicate using nonverbal behavior, they typically use

"Blaming the victim" of rape, abuse, or other misfortunes is most closely related to

What is the relationship between nonverbal behavior, implicit personality theory, and attribution theory?

All we can see is other people's appearance and behavior, but we are most interested in trying to infer from this

Many of us think serial killers are creepy looking guys who are barely verbal, dress in dark, dirty clothes, and basically advertise that they are dangerous. These qualities constitute our ________ about serial killers.

In talking to an acquaintance of yours, you note that she never looks you directly in the eye. To figure out whether this is because she is shy, because she dislikes you, or because she comes from a culture that discourages direct eye contact, you would probably

When people are distracted, they are more likely to fall prey to the fundamental attribution error. This occurs because internal attributions arise from ________, whereas external attributions arise from ________.

Political commentator and humorist Molly Ivens made "Bubba" famous. Bubba is a loud, beer-drinking, swaggering man, simple in his tastes and thinking. This constellation of "Bubba traits" represents a(n)

Based on research by Becker and his colleagues (2007) presented by the authors of your text, which man's expression would be the fastest to decode?

Culture can be considered an all-encompassing, higher-level

If your friend were to do something that is not typical and not what she would regularly do, this lack of consistency would prompt you to make what kind of attribution?

Suppose a certain student, Nathan, falls asleep during every chemistry class. Suppose further that Nathan is the only one who falls asleep in this class, and that he falls asleep in all of his other classes. According to Kelley's covariation model of attribution, how will people explain Nathan's behavior (falling asleep)?

The six major facial expressions discussed in the text are widely considered to be

Ingrid has had a few interactions with Chinese students at her college and thinks that they are "hard to read" because they do not use facial expressions "clearly" as compared to Americans she interacts with. Such experiences illustrate

In Korea and Egypt, men can be seen holding hands and walking closely with other men. This behavior indicates that the men are

________ is defined as how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people.