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

Watching a man and a woman at the park,using multi-channel nonverbal clues,how would you know whether or not they are a romantic couple?

Raül and Ramona are bowling.Ramona watches as she waits for her turn,and when Raül is up,he rolls the ball right into the gutter.Whereas Raül is likely to think ____,Ramona is likely to think ____.

The authors of your text discuss a study by Kruger and colleagues (2005)examining how well people decoded messages conveyed face-to-face,by voice only,or via email.Which mode of communication was least accurate?

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

According to Daniel Gilbert,there are two steps involved in the attribution process.The point at which attributional errors tend to occur is when we attempt to

Based on research by Becker and his colleagues (2007)about decoding emotions presented by the authors of your text,which person's expression would be the easiest to decode?

Although certain facial expressions are easily encoded and decoded across members of the human species,display rules

The two factors below that most often explain the divergence of actors' and observers' attributions are

René exhibits the actor/observer difference when she says,

Gestures that have a clear meaning within a culture-but which may not be universally understood-are called

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

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.

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,then provide an example of each type of attribution one could make about why someone is running late for a meeting.

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.Their findings revealed that

Sheila fancies herself an outgoing extrovert.She smiles a lot and gestures dramatically as she talks.This example best illustrates the use of nonverbal behavior to

Joan Miller (1984)studied causal attributions in two different cultures.She found that whereas Indian Hindus ____,participants in the United States ____.

____ information addresses the extent to which an actor behaves in a similar way in response to a stimulus across time and circumstances.

Jessica smiles to convey that she is happy.Jessica's smile is a way of ____ the emotion of happiness.

The text describes the neurological basis of empathy: feeling the emotions other people express.What are these neurological structures? Describe the functions they serve.

When communicating via email,people may add ____ as a substitute for nonverbal cues,in an attempt to clarify their words.