Exam 5: Person Perception

Actor Bruce Dern received death threats playing a character who killed John Wayne's character in the movie "The Cowboys." Associating Dern with the character he played is an example of ______.

Sven believes that most aspects of his life are under his own power. Sven's outlook most closely matches which of the following

What are our understandings of other people called

Increased use of internal attributions is correlated with increased belief in the just world hypothesis.

Whenever concealed emotions are expressed through automatic muscle responses, this is known as ______.

Dr. Vargas studies emotions using surveys; Dr. Ebo studies through behavioral observation; and Dr. Talve studies them with lab experiments. What is the fact that they have similar results called

Aaron heard the 3-year-old say a swear word. "He must have terrible parents," thought Aaron. This is an example of ______.

Less money is raised for lung cancer research than many other types of cancer, partly because smokers are blamed for developing lung cancer. This viewpoint reflects which of the following

Which of the following is a universal expression

Richard assumed that most people in the world regarded the United States as the best country, despite a report saying that the majority of people from other countries disagreed with American exceptionalism. This is an example of ______.

Chana believes that people are poor because of insufficient education and government neglect. Chana likely has ______.

Our expectations are unlikely to have any effect on the behavior of strangers.

Mina's teacher expected her to be a troublemaker like her older brother and treated her with suspicion. Despite this, Mina did very well in the class. Which piece of research on self-fulfilling prophecies is relevant

Tia thinks that most students fail because of personal characteristics, like laziness or low IQ. Tia is relying on what to make her decision

Tito didn't think the foreign language comic was supposed to be funny, despite understanding the language. What is likely keeping Tito from getting the joke

Which of the following is a self-fulfilling prophecy

Delia was excited for her son, but already felt lonesome as she dropped him off at the university. Which of the following likely best reflects her facial expressions

Someone who tends to look for internal, stable causes to explain behavior will be more vulnerable to which of the following

When is someone most likely to use the halo effect

Most people rate themselves as better than average drivers. This is an example of ______.