Exam 5: The Role of Perception in Human Relations

Dr. Beasley noticed one of her students kept falling asleep during class. "He must be lazy and unmotivated," she thought. What she didn't know was that her student, Pat, was working the night shift before class. Dr. Beasley's assumption that Pat's sleeping was due to laziness rather than his working situation is also known as

When using perception checking to evaluate ambiguous behavior, the benefit to offering a couple of different ways you could interpret behavior is it

Which country uses the phrase "eat, so you will get fat" to exemplify how much they find bigger bodies to be beautiful?

Joseph grew up thinking of Bruce Jenner as a heroic athletic and a very masculine man. When he found out that Jenner has transitioned to being a woman, Joseph had a hard time accepting it. On the other hand, his daughter only knows Jenner from the Kardashian reality shows, so she was not as surprised. What is driving Joseph's perceptions of Caitlyn Jenner?

In the United States, which type of women is more likely to feel satisfied with their bodies?

___________ is the comfortable amount of distance between people in conversation.

Paying more attention to initial information about a person or situation than to later information is also known as the __________ effect.

The memory process has three stages: encoding, ________, and retrieval.

Which of the following describes how schemas can influence encoding?

Dr. Graham thought he noticed one of his students copying answers from another's exam. He comments, "I noticed your eyes were wandering. Were you reading another student's response or thinking of your own?" This question refers to which part of the perception checking model?

___________ attributions are to the person whereas _____________ attributions are to the situation.

According to Hamilton, a set of beliefs and expectations we have about certain concepts, events, and situations is also known as a

Schemas can influence retrieval of information from memory by

In a study on MMORPGs and nonverbal communication, Stanford University researchers found

Jade has been somewhat down lately, and her friends are getting concerned. They suggest a night on the town scoping out good-looking guys. According to Kenrick, Montello, Gutierres, and Trost (1993), why might this work?

The technique of perception checking works best in cultures which rely on ___________ communication.

We tend to modify our recollections of people as our experiences with them

Dee attributes Stan's negative behavior to his general moodiness. She is making a(n) ____________ attribution.

Research on beauty suggests people respond more favorably to others they find

Another example of talking rules involves engaging in general conversation with others in order to develop rapport before discussing the relevant issue. This general conversation is also referred to as