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

Police interviewed witnesses who saw a truck leave the scene of a robbery.Based on the research by Hedden, who is more likely to have seen the artwork around the text of the business name on the side of the truck?

Lars has been blind since birth.Which negative emotion is he unlikely to be able to express on his face?

Imagine traveling to a country where you don't speak the native language.You just had a great meal.You don't want to be misunderstood, so how can you communicate to your host that the meal was great, and that you're happy?

When a person makes the fundamental attribution error, he or she is most likely to infer that behavior is due to

All of the following are examples of fundamental attribution error EXCEPT

In a study by Hedden and his colleagues (2008) examining brain activity, East Asians and European Americans underwent an fMRI while focusing on either a target or the context of a picture.In which circumstance did European Americans exert more attention?

The tendency to assume that human behavior is caused by the kind of person who enacts it was most likely labeled as the "fundamental attribution error" because it is

In a study by Hedden and his colleagues (2008) examining brain activity, East Asians and European Americans underwent an fMRI while focusing on either a target or the context of a picture.When asked to focus on the context of a picture, European Americans' ________ regions of the brain were more active.

Simon laughed long and hard when he saw his mother slip and fall.Neither his sister nor his father laughed when they saw her fall.Simon has seen both his mother and other people fall before, but didn't laugh then.According to Kelley's covariation model, observers privy to this information are likely to assume that

Based on research on attributions within married couples presented in your text, consider the following couple: Dean claims that every time Erica does something kind it is just because she wants to impress his mother, and every time she does something rude he says it is because she is a mean person.What kind of relationship are they most likely to have?

The authors of your text suggest people from both Eastern and Western cultures share which aspect of the fundamental attribution error?

We make self-serving attributions for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that we

Manaka is from Japan, and just won a gold medal at the Olympics.When interviewed about what she thinks contributed to her success, she is most likely to answer

Lucas wants to appear confident and powerful during his presentation of the quarterly report.According to research by Carney, Cuddy, and Yap (2010) what should he do when preparing for the talk?

Heider assumed that people generally preferred internal over external attributions.This early suggestion has been borne out by later research on

________ attribution is to person to as ________ attribution is to situation.

In Heider's attribution theory, attributions are dichotomous-that is, there are two possible attributions a person can make about another's behavior.Describe both of these types of attributions, and then provide an example of each type of attribution one could make about why someone is running late for a meeting.

All of the following are nonverbal behaviors EXCEPT

Which of the following is NOT a type of information included in the covariation model of attribution?

Sebastian sits behind Mark in economics class.One day, an argument starts between Mark and the professor.When asked who he thought was responsible for the argument, who will Sebastian say is more responsible for the argument?