Exam 4: Interpersonal Perception

People "see" faces in all sorts of natural phenomena, including clouds, tree bark, and even rocks on Mars. That is an example of which perception-making process?

Angela had just been promoted to department chair at the college where she teaches. Although she treats everyone the same, several of the male professors in the department are put off by Angela's requests. As a result, the female professors think of Angela as fair and equitable in her treatment, but the male professors resent her and openly challenge her position on several issues. The male professors probably treat Angela that way because

Which term describes the ongoing process of making meaning from what we experience in our environment?

Many factors affect the likelihood that we will notice a certain object in our environment. Which of the following does NOT lead to increased attention?

The self-serving bias is a form of self delusion.

Overattribution is essentially the same thing as the primacy effect.

Rick and Jamie recently started dating. To commemorate their first month as a couple, Rick surprised Jamie when he picked her up at work in a rented limousine with floor-level tickets to a concert. After the show, Rick was very upset because Jamie would barely speak to him. Jamie was also upset because she was planning on surprising Rick with a quiet dinner at home. After two days of angry fighting, the couple broke up. What was likely at the root of this conflict?

A fellow student in one of your communication classes, Rose, starts acting particularly nice to you in the weeks leading up to the first exam. Classmates have frequently treated you this way in the past in the hope that you will help them study. As a result, you are suspicious of Rose's motives. In this scenario, you are likely basing your suspicions on

Compare and contrast the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias as common attribution errors.

Using concrete examples, articulate and explain how perceptual accuracy can be influenced by social and occupational roles.

One of your hallmates, Ling, is an exchange student from Taiwan. Ling never goes out with the other students, goes to bed at 9:30 every night, and studies quietly in her room most of the time. You assume that Ling behaves the way she does because she is Asian. Which of the following attribution errors might you have committed?

What is mindfulness and how can we engage that process when making attributions?

According to your text, the perception-making process consists of three stages. Which of the following is NOT among them?

Idealizing a romantic partner at the beginning of a new relationship is a common example of the ________ bias.

An explanation for why something occurred is called a(n)

During your first session of this class, your instructor introduced him or herself and you probably respected his or her position as an authoritative figure in the classroom. Which of the following classification schema likely helped you organize that information?

Most people probably wouldn't admit that they stereotype others, but research shows that stereotyping is a common pattern of perception-making. As you have learned in this chapter, there is nothing inherently negative about stereotypes, so why do you suppose stereotyping is so distasteful to people? If you were teaching a workshop about stereotyping to a group of college students, what would you most want them to know about it?

Organization is the process of assigning meaning to something you have perceived.

In which of the following instances might you have committed the self-serving bias?

Which of the following processes is at work when we are able to recall only information that confirms our existing stereotypes?