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

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

Sometimes so-called "self-serving attributions" in the face of a setback only look self-serving to others.This is because actors

Both the fundamental attribution error and the actor/observer difference are due in large part to

Rafael has always hated mathematics courses.However,he likes most other courses at the university.Most other students tend to avoid math courses whenever possible,too.Given this information about consistency,distinctiveness,and consensus,most people would make a(n) ____ attribution for Rafael's attitude.

Based on information from the authors of your text,who would be more likely to express a feeling of shame publicly?

Recall that Paul Ekman and Walter Friesen (1971)have demonstrated that Fore tribespeople from a preliterate culture in New Guinea were able to decode facial expressions of Westerners and encode emotion easily interpretable by Westerners.Their findings suggest that Darwin was

Based on the information in your text about research by Becker and his colleagues (2007)on decoding emotions,complete the analogy: men: ____:: ____: happiness.

Paul Ekman and his colleagues have identified ____ universal facial expressions in their research.

Seeing pictures of physically attractive celebrities and models,many people in the U.S.assume that these people are also intelligent,kind,or wealthy.Such assumptions illustrate the implicit personality theory held widely as a culture that

According to Fritz Heider (1958),why are people more likely to make internal rather than external attributions? People are

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

Which of the following is a typical example of the actor/observer difference?

When we make inferences about someone's personality based on what we already know about some characteristics,we are using a(n)

In a study by Lassiter and his colleagues (2007),they found that when judges and police officers viewed tapes of interrogations,they were likely to find the confession of a suspect more voluntary when the interrogation camera

When people ask questions,the pitch of their voices typically goes up at the end of the sentence to signal others that a response is expected.This phenomenon best illustrates the use of nonverbal behavior to

"Blaming the victim" of rape,abuse,or other misfortunes is most closely related to

According to research conducted by Susskind and his colleagues (2008)presented by the authors of your text,the expression of fear involves facial movements which

During spring term of her senior year,Linda feels overwhelmed with personal problems that she keeps to herself.She stops attending any extracurricular events and starts missing classes.Who is making the "fundamental attribution error" about Linda's behavior?

According to the text,the fundamental attribution error is a byproduct of which of the following "shortcuts"?

According to the authors of your text,humans are able to communicate nonverbally,as are