Question 1

We tend to judge others based on who they are as people and ourselves based on the situation because such information is more

Accepted Answer

A) salient and noticeable. 
B) retrievable and schema consistent. 
C) reliable and available. 
D) accessible and schema consistent. 
A) salient and noticeable. 
B) retrievable and schema consistent. 
C) reliable and available. 
D) accessible and schema consistent.

Question 2

According to the authors of your text,why do they call email communication an "impoverished medium of communication"?

Accepted Answer

A) People are too liberal with their grammar. 
B) It relies on words alone. 
C) It has reduced the English language to acronyms such as LOL and BRB. 
D) People receive too many emails to read any of them very carefully. 
A) People are too liberal with their grammar. 
B) It relies on words alone. 
C) It has reduced the English language to acronyms such as LOL and BRB. 
D) People receive too many emails to read any of them very carefully.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) global attributions. 
B) self-serving attributions. 
C) gluttonous attributions. 
D) narcissistic attributions. 
A) global attributions. 
B) self-serving attributions. 
C) gluttonous attributions. 
D) narcissistic attributions.

Question 4

Ming is from China; Tyrone is from Canada.Both participate in an experiment in which they take a test,are given feedback and told that they do very well,and then asked to make attributions for their performance. Based on cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias,you would expect that

Accepted Answer

A) both Ming and Tyrone will say that they succeeded due to their high ability. 
B) Ming,but not Tyrone,will say that he succeeded due to his high ability. 
C) Tyrone,but not Ming,will say he succeeded due to his high ability. 
D) both Ming and Tyrone will say that they succeeded because the test was easy. 
A) both Ming and Tyrone will say that they succeeded due to their high ability. 
B) Ming,but not Tyrone,will say that he succeeded due to his high ability. 
C) Tyrone,but not Ming,will say he succeeded due to his high ability. 
D) both Ming and Tyrone will say that they succeeded because the test was easy.

Question 5

"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.

Accepted Answer

A) external 
B) situational 
C) internal 
D) inferential 
A) external 
B) situational 
C) internal 
D) inferential

Question 6

Sarah sees that her friend is crying,and then herself feels sadness.What is the neurological structure involved?

Accepted Answer

A) empathic neurons 
B) mirror neurons 
C) serotonin 
D) the amygdala 
A) empathic neurons 
B) mirror neurons 
C) serotonin 
D) the amygdala

Question 7

Recall that Curt Hoffman,Ivy Lau,and David Johnson (1986)provided native English speakers and Chinese- English bilinguals with descriptions of people who fit either an "artistic type" or a "shi gú" type.English speakers filled in gaps in the descriptions with inferences about the artistic type,but not about the shi gú type.In contrast,bilinguals who read the descriptions in English filled in blanks for the artistic type,but not the shi gú type,and bilinguals who read the descriptions in Chinese filled in the blanks for the shi gú type,but not the artistic type.These results suggest that

Accepted Answer

A) not all cultures use implicit personality theories. 
B) language and culture shape our implicit personality theories. 
C) English speakers rely more on implicit personality theories than do Chinese speakers. 
D) Westerners are cognitive misers,whereas Easterners are not. 
A) not all cultures use implicit personality theories. 
B) language and culture shape our implicit personality theories. 
C) English speakers rely more on implicit personality theories than do Chinese speakers. 
D) Westerners are cognitive misers,whereas Easterners are not.

Question 8

According to your textbook authors,the popularity of "reality" television is largely due to the fact that we

Accepted Answer

A) have an obsession with deviant behavior because it seems so "unreal" to us. 
B) promote our own self-esteem by viewing ourselves as superior to the "losers" on those programs. 
C) now perceive sitcoms as childish in comparison. 
D) are fascinated with trying to figure other people out so we can better understand our social world. 
A) have an obsession with deviant behavior because it seems so "unreal" to us. 
B) promote our own self-esteem by viewing ourselves as superior to the "losers" on those programs. 
C) now perceive sitcoms as childish in comparison. 
D) are fascinated with trying to figure other people out so we can better understand our social world.

Question 9

Recall that Scott Roesch and James Amirkham (1997)studied attributions for success and failure in athletes.Based on their findings,which of the following athletes would be most likely to make an external attribution for losing?

Accepted Answer

A) John,a tennis player new to the professional circuit 
B) Joe,a ten-veteran of the San Francisco 49ers football team 
C) Karim,a rookie (i.e.,new player)on an NFL basketball team 
D) Wayne,a hockey player whose skills have deteriorated due to injuries 
A) John,a tennis player new to the professional circuit 
B) Joe,a ten-veteran of the San Francisco 49ers football team 
C) Karim,a rookie (i.e.,new player)on an NFL basketball team 
D) Wayne,a hockey player whose skills have deteriorated due to injuries

Question 10

When people communicate using nonverbal behavior,they typically use

Accepted Answer

A) their eyes. 
B) their hands. 
C) their tone of voice. 
D) multiple channels. 
A) their eyes. 
B) their hands. 
C) their tone of voice. 
D) multiple channels.

Question 11

The six major facial expressions discussed in the text are widely considered to be

Accepted Answer

A) universal. 
B) culture specific. 
C) developmentally determined. 
D) primate specific. 
A) universal. 
B) culture specific. 
C) developmentally determined. 
D) primate specific.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) decreasing input from the senses. 
B) increasing sensory input. 
C) heightened arousal. 
D) sensitized taste and smell. 
A) decreasing input from the senses. 
B) increasing sensory input. 
C) heightened arousal. 
D) sensitized taste and smell.

Question 13

The main idea of the role of perceptual salience in attributions is

Accepted Answer

A) what we see is what we get. 
B) what we notice is presumed to be the cause of behavior. 
C) what we perceive is determined by our salient schemas. 
D) the attributions that we make determine what we attend to. 
A) what we see is what we get. 
B) what we notice is presumed to be the cause of behavior. 
C) what we perceive is determined by our salient schemas. 
D) the attributions that we make determine what we attend to.

We tend to judge others based on who they are as people and ourselves based on the situation because such information is more

According to the authors of your text,why do they call email communication an "impoverished medium of communication"?

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

Ming is from China; Tyrone is from Canada.Both participate in an experiment in which they take a test,are given feedback and told that they do very well,and then asked to make attributions for their performance. Based on cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias,you would expect that

"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.

Sarah sees that her friend is crying,and then herself feels sadness.What is the neurological structure involved?

According to your textbook authors,the popularity of "reality" television is largely due to the fact that we

Recall that Scott Roesch and James Amirkham (1997)studied attributions for success and failure in athletes.Based on their findings,which of the following athletes would be most likely to make an external attribution for losing?

When people communicate using nonverbal behavior,they typically use

The six major facial expressions discussed in the text are widely considered to be

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

The main idea of the role of perceptual salience in attributions is

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions: the Costs and Benefits of Dissonance Reduction

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

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

We tend to judge others based on who they are as people and ourselves based on the situation because such information is more

According to the authors of your text,why do they call email communication an "impoverished medium of communication"?

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

Ming is from China; Tyrone is from Canada.Both participate in an experiment in which they take a test,are given feedback and told that they do very well,and then asked to make attributions for their performance. Based on cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias,you would expect that

"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.

Sarah sees that her friend is crying,and then herself feels sadness.What is the neurological structure involved?

According to your textbook authors,the popularity of "reality" television is largely due to the fact that we

Recall that Scott Roesch and James Amirkham (1997)studied attributions for success and failure in athletes.Based on their findings,which of the following athletes would be most likely to make an external attribution for losing?

When people communicate using nonverbal behavior,they typically use

The six major facial expressions discussed in the text are widely considered to be

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

The main idea of the role of perceptual salience in attributions is

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions: the Costs and Benefits of Dissonance Reduction

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

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