PSYC 375 EXAM 1 UVIC QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the four impression management strategies? - Answer -ingratiation, self-
promotion, intimidation, and supplication
Ingratiation - Answer -the process whereby people flatter, praise, and generally try to
make themselves likable to another person, often of higher status
Self-promotion - Answer -attempting to present ourselves to others as having positive
attributes
Intimidation - Answer -Purposely frightening another person through threatening words,
looks, or body language.
Supplication - Answer -people use supplication as a self-presentation strategy
purposely emphasizing their incompetence or weakness. They want to appear helpless.
Confirmation bias - Answer -the tendency to seek out and interpret information in a way
that confirms our existing beliefs.
Partner Legibility - Answer -Some personality traits, such as extraversion, are more
visible than others.
Johari Window - Answer -a visual representation of components of self-disclosure and
self-awareness that are known or unknown to the self and to others
If your childhood was characterized by a caregiver who was sometimes attentive and
sometimes dismissive, you are likely to have an anxious-______ attachment style. -
Answer -ambivalent
Autocrat - Answer -A person who fears not having control and as a result, is critical of
others and tries to dominate them.
What Big 5 trait has the most impact on romantic relationships? - Answer -Neuroticism
Primacy effect - Answer -first information received about others has bigger influence on
our interpretations than later information
Self-concept - Answer -the collection of beliefs we have about ourselves
The need to be acknowledged by others is referred to as the _____ need. - Answer -
Inclusion
The behavioural manifestation of a stigma is called an ________ stigma. - Answer -
enacted
What are the four impression management strategies? - Answer -ingratiation, self-
promotion, intimidation, and supplication
Ingratiation - Answer -the process whereby people flatter, praise, and generally try to
make themselves likable to another person, often of higher status
Self-promotion - Answer -attempting to present ourselves to others as having positive
attributes
Intimidation - Answer -Purposely frightening another person through threatening words,
looks, or body language.
Supplication - Answer -people use supplication as a self-presentation strategy
purposely emphasizing their incompetence or weakness. They want to appear helpless.
Confirmation bias - Answer -the tendency to seek out and interpret information in a way
that confirms our existing beliefs.
Partner Legibility - Answer -Some personality traits, such as extraversion, are more
visible than others.
Johari Window - Answer -a visual representation of components of self-disclosure and
self-awareness that are known or unknown to the self and to others
If your childhood was characterized by a caregiver who was sometimes attentive and
sometimes dismissive, you are likely to have an anxious-______ attachment style. -
Answer -ambivalent
Autocrat - Answer -A person who fears not having control and as a result, is critical of
others and tries to dominate them.
What Big 5 trait has the most impact on romantic relationships? - Answer -Neuroticism
Primacy effect - Answer -first information received about others has bigger influence on
our interpretations than later information
Self-concept - Answer -the collection of beliefs we have about ourselves
The need to be acknowledged by others is referred to as the _____ need. - Answer -
Inclusion
The behavioural manifestation of a stigma is called an ________ stigma. - Answer -
enacted
