Exam 4: Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

From the point of view of Heider's (1958) "naïve" or "commonsense" psychology, people are much like ________ in trying to understand others' behaviors.

Recent research suggests that the expression for the emotion of contempt may be

According to the authors of your text, how frequently should people make internal attributions to explain other people's behavior?

When people make internal attributions for their successes and external attributions for their failures in order to protect their self-esteem, they are making

Chantelle's family is hosting a Japanese exchange student, Yukiko, at their home for a year.Chantelle notices that Yukiko hides her smile behind her hands.After reading Chapter 4 (Social Perception), Chantelle learns that Yukiko hides her smile because

According to research conducted by Susskind and his colleagues (2008) presented by the authors of your text, when people make the facial expression of disgust, it involves

Suppose a certain student, Nathan, falls asleep during every chemistry class.Suppose further that Nathan is the only one who falls asleep in this class, and that he falls asleep in all of his other classes.According to Kelley's covariation model of attribution, how will people explain Nathan's behavior (falling asleep)?

When we make note of an actor's personality, attitudes, values, or character, we are forming a(n)

In honor of Rosa Parks' contribution to the civil rights movement, the seat behind the driver on buses in major cities was reserved for one day, and people were asked not to sit there.Some people did actually sit in this seat.When a reporter asked these "sitters" to explain their behavior, he found that

Why is belief in a just world a self-serving belief? We can

Harold Kelley's covariation model is one ________ theory presented in your text.

"Ellen is always crabby and tense, and that's why she's acting so impatient today," Grace remarked.Grace has just used a(n) ________ attribution to explain the cause of Ellen's impatience.

The tendency to stick with an initial judgment even in the face of new information that should prompt us to reconsider is _______.

The primacy effect involves using the _____ traits we perceive in others to understand additional information we learn about them.

When we make self-serving attributions, we tend to attribute our successes to ________ factors and our failures to ________ factors.

Which of the following is out of place?

According to research conducted by Susskind and his colleagues (2008) presented by the authors of your text, the emotions of ________ and ________ involve opposite facial muscle movements.

Galina is described to you as a "computer nerd." Based on this, you assume she is socially awkward, introverted, unpopular, and obsessed with anything related to technology.This information makes up your

"Belief in a just world" is best characterized as a form of

Making attributions about others' behaviors is a multi-step process.How many steps are involved? What attribution do people tend to initially make, and when would individuals proceed past the initial step?