Exam 3: Perception and Communication

Janet says, "I didn't get a job offer because the interviewer was biased and it was a nasty day. However, Ellen didn't get an offer because she isn't qualified." This is an example of:

Charles will always be fat, because he is too lazy to exercise and he doesn't care about what he eats. This is an example of:

In the U.S. the prototype of love focuses on passionate feelings and qualities.

After performing a comprehensive job search, job seekers put together a resume, write a cover letter, and then go on job interviews. This statement best exemplifies:

Charles says, "I would never join a fraternity. All fraternities do is party." Charles' statement is an example of a(n):

Research demonstrates that attributional patterns are linked to ____ and forgiveness.

My boss Susan is a great supervisor because she listens to her employee's concerns and ideas. Susan is an example of a(n):

All of the following influence perception EXCEPT:

Age, physiology, and culture are factors that influence our perceptions.

A stereotype is an unscientific generalization applied to a person or situation.

We tend to overestimate the internal causes of others' undesirable behaviors and underestimate the external causes. Conversely, we are likely to underestimate the internal causes of our own misdeeds and failures and overestimate the external causes

According to the process of human perception, the selection process includes all of the following except:

Your friend, Mark, has a problem with perception and communication. Based on what you learned in class and from your book on guidelines for improving perception and communication, fully describe three guidelines for improving perception and communication.

Prototypes, personal constructs, stereotypes, and scripts are cognitive schemata that we use to organize our perceptions of people and phenomena.

The first cognitive schema we use to organize perceptions is the script.