Question 1

The extent to which different people react to a given situation in the same general way is known as .

Accepted Answer

Consensus refers to the degree to which different people respond similarly to the same situation.

Question 2

The theory of describes how we use others' behavior as a basis for inferring their stable dispositions.

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Correspondent inference theory explains how we infer a person's stable traits or dispositions based on their observed behavior.

Question 3

Jeremy has started to ask his wife,who is also his business partner,to attend important business functions and meetings in order to help him determine when others are being deceptive when negotiating business deals.Jeremy believes that his wife will be able to use her "women's intuition" to detect falsehoods and deceptions more easily and accurately than he can.What should Jeremy know about recent social psychology research in this area?

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The answer of Jeremy has started to ask his wife,who...

Question 4

We are likely to attribute another person's behavior to internal causes when consensus is ,consistency is ,and distinctiveness is .

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The answer of We are likely to attribute another person's...

Question 5

Jen and all of her friends are afraid of her neighbor's dog.However,Jen is not afraid of any other dog.The attribution that follows from this information is .

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The attribution is external because the fear is specifically directed towards the neighbor's dog, indicating the cause of the fear is external to Jen and her friends, and not due to an internal characteristic of Jen.

Question 6

The process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do is known as .

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Attribution is the process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do.

Question 7

Though women appear to be better than men at using nonverbal communication in general,they are no better at .

Accepted Answer

Women are generally better at nonverbal communication, but research shows they are not necessarily better than men at detecting deception.

Question 8

The theory of correspondent inference suggests that .

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The theory of correspondent inference suggests that behaviors that are freely chosen are better indicators of our underlying personality traits than are behaviors that are caused by external factors. This is because freely chosen behaviors are believed to reflect our personal preferences, values, and attitudes, while behaviors caused by external pressures may not be reflective of our true selves. Therefore, choice A is the best answer.

Question 9

Typically,information about others tends to be most informative when there is are).

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The answer of Typically,information about others tends to be most...

Question 10

Which statement BEST describes the attribution process?

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The attribution process refers to how we make judgments about the causes of behavior - both our own and others'. This includes considering factors like personality, situation, and intention in order to understand why someone acted a certain way.

Question 11

Abbie noticed that Kayla spends time talking to almost everyone she meets at work,and believes that this is because Kayla is a friendly,outgoing person.In fact,Kayla is rather shy and withdrawn most of the time,but her job at a local bank requires that she talk with most of the bank's customers periodically.Abbie's perception of Kayla is mistaken because of .

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The correspondence bias is the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal, dispositional factors, rather than to external, situational factors. In this case, Abbie attributes Kayla's talkative behavior to her friendly, outgoing personality, rather than to the fact that her job requires her to talk to customers.

Question 12

Noncommon effects .

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The answer of Noncommon effects .
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Question 13

Participants in an experiment who were exposed to someone who lies in an interview were to in a later conversation.

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Exposure to lying behavior can increase the likelihood of participants adopting similar behavior, such as lying, in subsequent interactions.

Question 14

Mr.Nguyen,a 53-year-old accountant,has just been rejected for a job at a small bank that he believes he was qualified for.He later hears from a friend that the hiring manager was biased against older job applicants.Mr.Nguyen's self-esteem is likely to .

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The answer of Mr.Nguyen,a 53-year-old accountant,has just been rejected for...

Question 15

We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we notice that other waiters avoid flirting with that customer.This best represents the concept of .

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Consensus refers to the extent to which other people behave in the same way in a similar situation. In this case, the other waiters do not flirt with the customer, indicating low consensus, which suggests that the behavior is due to the individual waiter's personal disposition rather than the situation.

Question 16

The extent to which a person's reaction to a particular event differs from their reaction to similar other events is an indication of .

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Distinctiveness refers to how differently a person reacts to a particular event compared to other similar events.

Question 17

One reason for the correspondence bias is that .

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The correspondence bias, also known as the fundamental attribution error, occurs because people tend to emphasize personal characteristics and ignore situational factors when judging others' behavior.

Question 18

We are MOST likely to believe that the behaviors of others is suggestive of their when it is seen to .

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We tend to attribute socially undesirable behaviors to stable traits, as these behaviors are often seen as reflective of a person's character rather than situational factors.

Question 19

Although Sarah could afford any car she wants,she drives an ageing Volkswagen.Sam,Sarah's friend,thinks that this choice says something about Sarah's personality.Sam clearly agrees with .

Accepted Answer

The theory of correspondent inference suggests that people infer others' personality traits from their actions, especially when those actions are freely chosen and unexpected, like Sarah's choice to drive an old car despite being able to afford a new one.

Question 20

In general,women are better than men at reading body language,in part because .

Accepted Answer

Women may have developed better skills at reading body language due to evolutionary pressures related to their historically lower status, which made it essential for them to be more attuned to nonverbal cues for survival and social navigation.

Quiz 3: Social Perception: Perceiving and Understanding Others