Exam 5: Social Perception: How Do We Perceive Others?

Explaining Maureen's bad test grade by suggesting she is not intelligent is an example of an external attribution.

Define the notion of self-fulfilling prophecy.Using information presented in your textbook,explain why self-fulfilling prophecies are not necessarily 'written in stone.'

Maintaining our beliefs even in the face of contradictory information is known as _________.

Motivation to be accurate does not appear to be important for the formation of accurate impressions.

Derek is an attractive business man.Based on information from the 'what is beautiful is good effect' and the 'halo effect' How are we likely to view and treat Derek? What life expectancies are we likely to have for Derek?

What effect did exposing participants to attractive and unattractive faces have on their ability to categorize positive words as 'positive'?

You wanted to make a good impression in your job interview.Based on your knowledge of the primacy effect,what would be the most effective strategy?

Describe the correspondence inference theory.

Inferring that a person's traits caused his or her behavior is known as a(n)__________.

Andrea is using a nonverbal cue when she rolls her eyes at her parents.

As described in your textbook,what nonverbal behaviors have been identified in past research as being indicative of lying? What types of verbal cues have been identified as indicative of lying?

The self-fulfilling prophecy suggests that if we expect that something will happen,we may elicit the very behavior we expected.

An Internet liar is more likely to use a lot of first person pronouns.

Your friend is setting you up on a blind date.She tells you that your date is arrogant,intelligent,motivated,and kind.Based on Asch's work on impression formation,which of those characteristics will likely impact your judgment the most?

Daniel enjoys spending time thinking about important issues and loves to solve problems for his friends.Daniel is likely high in which of the following characteristics?

Define spontaneous trait inference and provide an example.

Which of the following statements regarding impression formation is supported by research?

Jones and Harris (1967)found that subjects still attributed pro-Castro attitudes to essay authors even when subjects knew that the authors had no choice but to write the essays.This is evidence for:

Which of the following is NOT identified as a facial feature that leads to the tendency to perceive someone as more kindhearted?

Who would be most likely to exhibit 'belief in a just world?'