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

In trying to make sense of the social world,people are much like amateur scientists.This observation is most compatible with Fritz Heider's (1958)classic scholarly work on

If an American and a Chinese person are both given feedback that they have done poorly at a task,who would be more likely to blame him- or herself for the failure?

When people are motivated to reach an accurate judgment,or are suspicious of a person (suspecting lying or ulterior motives for instance),they are more likely to engage in the ____ of the two-step process of attributions.

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

Based on evidence presented by the authors of your text,the facial expression for disgust is adaptive because it

Althea doesn't talk much on her first date with Sean.Sean assumes that that's because she's shy.She's not at all shy; Althea is quiet because she's recently had a root canal,and it still hurts to move her mouth.This example best illustrates that differential ____ can be a source of actor/observer differences in attributions.

Recall the cross-cultural differences in the self-serving bias between Eastern and Western cultures.Describe the differences,and provide an example of how someone in China might attribute a failure compared to someone from Canada.

Gina learns from her roommate that Stacey is a snob who thinks that she is better than everyone else.When she sees Stacey in the lunchroom,Stacey is often sitting by herself,has little to say to others,and rarely makes eye contact.Gina sees Stacey as cold and unfriendly,while Stacey sees herself as shy and intimidated by the other students.This discrepancy in interpretation is due to

"You reap what you sow," goes the old adage.This saying is most compatible with the social-psychological concept of

Western (United States)is to ____ as Eastern is to ____.All of the following pairs complete this analogy accurately except

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

What would be the most accurate description of the "shi gú" type,a common implicit personality theory in China?

What are self-serving attributions,and why do people make them?

An implicit personality theory is a type of

When decoding the Social Interpretations Task (SIT),which clues are key for decoders pay attention to?

On a visit to Australia,then-President George H.W.Bush offended the Australians when he flashed the two- fingered "peace sign" to a crowd.This is an example of how the use of ____,which vary from culture to culture,may lead to confusion or conflict if used outside of the user's culture.

The tendency to infer that people's behavior corresponds to or matches their underlying personality disposition is known as the

Don is running late for work,and arrives ten minutes late.What types of things would his supervisor be most likely to attribute to him,based on information in the text about what kinds of attributions are made more often?

____ is defined as how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people.

Research on people's use of the covariation model in making attributions suggests that people are less likely to use ____ information than Kelley's model predicts.