Exam 6: Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Attractive females are expected to be warm and friendly, and those females who are considered to be attractive are treated in such a manner that they indeed respond in warm and friendly ways. According to Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977), this effect is a type of ________.

A small number of studies have investigated whether making an extra effort to be a good judge of personality improves accuracy. According to the textbook, what conclusions can be drawn from this literature?

In a study of social expectancies, Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977) found that if male participants were shown a photograph of an attractive woman and told they would be interacting with her by telephone, the female participant they actually spoke with ________.

A variable that affects the relation between two other variables is known as a ________.

When Sam argues that all interpretations of reality are equally accurate, he is advocating the ________ philosophical position.

One difficulty that early researchers encountered in identifying the good judge of personality was that ________.

Self-monitoring seems to be an important quality of a good personality judge for both men and women.

Music preferences seem to reflect personality characteristics.

Climate, feedback, input, and discipline are the four kinds of teacher behaviors that seem to cause high-expectancy students to perform better.

Imagine that Sally thinks she can judge Charlie's personality better than Lucy's personality. According to a recent study, which statement is most correct?

What is the best description of the acquaintanceship effect?

It is only possible to improve personality accuracy at the utilization stage.

Which of the following traits would be hardest to judge?

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

Drawing on research described in the text, what would be a reasonable prediction about a group of introverts who are instructed to act extraverted for a week?

According to the text, ________ describes a context where social norms tend to restrict what people do.

Men are extremely poor at judging the sociosexuality of women.

Researchers know a great deal about the characteristics of good judges of personality.

What are the two primary criteria for evaluating personality judgments?

According to the text, what trait refers to individual differences in the willingness to engage in sexual relations with minimal acquaintanceship?