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PSYC 379 FINAL EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
person perception - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______ _______: process of forming
impressions about others. Judgments of appearance, attractiveness,
personality traits, and recognizing others
tall - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ people are generally perceived as being more
attractive, competent, and leaders
baby faced - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ people are generally perceived to be
warm, kind, and naive
eyes, mouth - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Japanese people focus more on smiling
_______ and Americans focus on smiling _______
poaching - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Cultures with more economic resources have
higher rates of mate-_______
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commitment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-feelings of attachment and belongingness to
partners
autostereotype - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-stereotypes about one's own group
heterostereotype - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-stereotypes about other groups
ethnocentrism - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to view the world through one's
own cultural filters.
prejudice - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to pre-judge others (good or bad) on
basis of group membership
explicit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ prejudice: prejudice that is verbalized and
thus made public
implicit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ prejudice: attitudes, values or beliefs that
are unspoken and may be below conscious awareness
contact hypothesis - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Contact between groups is effective in
reducing prejudice. Optimal conditions for contact to be helpful are equal
status, common goals, cooperation, support from authorities, laws, and
customs, and positive experiences
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discrimination - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-unfair treatment of others based on group
membership
institutional - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ discrimination: occurs on level of large
group, society, organization, or institution
microaggression - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-things that are done that the doer may not
realize is offensive
emotion - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: transient, neurophysiological reactions to
events that have consequences for our welfare and typically require an
immediate behavioral response
feelings - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: subjective experience/affect
anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The 6
basic emotions that are universal across all different cultures
shame, guilt, pride, embarrassment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-4 self conscious
emotions
self concept - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______-______: cognitive representations of
one's own self, idea, or images one has about oneself and how & why one
behaves
self - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: psychological construct people create in order
to help understand themselves and their world better
PSYC 379 FINAL EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
person perception - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______ _______: process of forming
impressions about others. Judgments of appearance, attractiveness,
personality traits, and recognizing others
tall - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ people are generally perceived as being more
attractive, competent, and leaders
baby faced - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ people are generally perceived to be
warm, kind, and naive
eyes, mouth - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Japanese people focus more on smiling
_______ and Americans focus on smiling _______
poaching - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Cultures with more economic resources have
higher rates of mate-_______
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commitment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-feelings of attachment and belongingness to
partners
autostereotype - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-stereotypes about one's own group
heterostereotype - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-stereotypes about other groups
ethnocentrism - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to view the world through one's
own cultural filters.
prejudice - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Tendency to pre-judge others (good or bad) on
basis of group membership
explicit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ prejudice: prejudice that is verbalized and
thus made public
implicit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ prejudice: attitudes, values or beliefs that
are unspoken and may be below conscious awareness
contact hypothesis - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Contact between groups is effective in
reducing prejudice. Optimal conditions for contact to be helpful are equal
status, common goals, cooperation, support from authorities, laws, and
customs, and positive experiences
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discrimination - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-unfair treatment of others based on group
membership
institutional - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-_______ discrimination: occurs on level of large
group, society, organization, or institution
microaggression - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-things that are done that the doer may not
realize is offensive
emotion - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: transient, neurophysiological reactions to
events that have consequences for our welfare and typically require an
immediate behavioral response
feelings - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: subjective experience/affect
anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The 6
basic emotions that are universal across all different cultures
shame, guilt, pride, embarrassment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-4 self conscious
emotions
self concept - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______-______: cognitive representations of
one's own self, idea, or images one has about oneself and how & why one
behaves
self - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-______: psychological construct people create in order
to help understand themselves and their world better
