Exam 5: Personality Judgment

How should you act in everyday life according to the "transparent self" theory of psychological health?

According to Lee Jussim (1991), the source of real-life expectancies is likely

The judgments other people make of your personality may affect

Imagine that Sally thinks she can judge Charlie's personality better than Lucy's personality. According to a study referenced in the text on the accuracy of personality judgment (Biesanz et al., 2011), which statement is MOST correct?

What is the acquaintanceship effect, and what boundary condition did Colvin and Funder (1991) discover? Provide a clear example to illustrate this boundary condition.

Match the most applicable stage of the Realistic Accuracy Model with each hypothetical successful or failed judgment. -A judge fails to notice a critical behavior.

What is a moderator variable? Identify the four moderators of accuracy detailed in the text, and provide clear examples for each moderator.

What is constructivism, and why does this philosophy disqualify the evaluation of the accuracy of personality judgments? Describe the critical realist alternative to this point of view. How does this perspective support research concerning the accuracy of personality judgments?

Introspection would be included as part of the ________ function of the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM).

In a series of studies about intellectual expectancies, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) found that schoolchildren randomly identified as "bloomers" showed an average IQ increase of about 15 points by the end of the school year. These studies demonstrated

Match the most applicable stage of the Realistic Accuracy Model with each hypothetical successful or failed judgment. -Cybil makes an active attempt to conceal neurotic behaviors from John.

According to research that shows a link between a trait's observability and the accuracy with which it is judged, which of the following traits would be easiest to judge accurately?

Which was NOT one of the areas in which people made reasonably accurate judgments, based only on looking at someone's face?

Research on intellectual and social expectancies demonstrates that

Imagine that judgments of extraversion made on the first day of college correlate with the number of parties that students attend over the course of their four years of college. Researchers would therefore say that these judgments have

Drawing on research described in the text on the effect of acting against one's transparent self, what would be a reasonable prediction about an individual with high social anxiety who was instructed to act comfortable in social situations for a week?

In terms of personality judgment, according to the text, which of the following is assessed in the process of convergent validation?

Julie does not like to attend parties because she is shy and convinced that people will not like her. When Julie does go to a party, she avoids eye contact, gives abrupt responses to other people's questions, and quickly withdraws from interactions. As a result, she spends most of the evening in a corner by herself, convinced that no one at the party likes her. This is an example of

What are the steps in the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM) of personality judgment?

Imagine that you are at a party, and your best friend introduces you to a guy named David. You and your friend talk to David for an hour, and you both notice the hostile comments that he repeatedly makes about his roommate. Later, you and your friend discuss your impressions of David, and you find that you disagree about him. Your friend thinks that David's comments were just good-natured joking and that he is a nice guy and a pretty funny fellow. You think that his comments were mean-spirited and that he is a hostile person. Your disagreement arises because you and your friend differ in the ________ stage of the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM) of personality judgment.