General Psychology (Social Psychology) CHT 11
1. Person perception is: The processes by which we use social stimuli to form impression of others.
2. In a study on physical attractiveness, researchers found that participants rat-
ed individual faces as more attractive than faces that were created by averaging
up to 32 other faces.: false
3. A is a generalization about a group's characteristics that does not
consider any differences.: stereotype
4. theory seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of
an individual's behavior, what the specific causes of that person's behavior
are.: attribution
5. The tendency for observers to overestimate the importance of internal traits
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, and underestimate the importance of external situations when they seek ex-
planations is referred to as .: fundamental attribution error
6. Which of the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error?: -
Antonio almost hit you with his car in the parking lot because he's a jerk, not because he couldn't see around a blind
corner.
7. are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to make decisions rapidly: Heuris-
tics
8. Social is the process in which individuals evaluate their thoughts,
feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to other people.: comparison
9. are evaluations of people behaviors, beliefs, and concepts.: attitudes
10. involves trying to change someone's attitudes and/or their behavior.-
: persuasion
11. Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to make rapidly.: -
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1. Person perception is: The processes by which we use social stimuli to form impression of others.
2. In a study on physical attractiveness, researchers found that participants rat-
ed individual faces as more attractive than faces that were created by averaging
up to 32 other faces.: false
3. A is a generalization about a group's characteristics that does not
consider any differences.: stereotype
4. theory seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of
an individual's behavior, what the specific causes of that person's behavior
are.: attribution
5. The tendency for observers to overestimate the importance of internal traits
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, and underestimate the importance of external situations when they seek ex-
planations is referred to as .: fundamental attribution error
6. Which of the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error?: -
Antonio almost hit you with his car in the parking lot because he's a jerk, not because he couldn't see around a blind
corner.
7. are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to make decisions rapidly: Heuris-
tics
8. Social is the process in which individuals evaluate their thoughts,
feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to other people.: comparison
9. are evaluations of people behaviors, beliefs, and concepts.: attitudes
10. involves trying to change someone's attitudes and/or their behavior.-
: persuasion
11. Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to make rapidly.: -
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