PSYCH 100 Exam 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
The process of forming impressions of others refers to:
a. person perception
b. social perception
c. emotional perception
d. psychological perception - CORRECT ANSWER a. person perception
The branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors are influenced by others.
a. emotional psychology
b. Abnormal Psychology
c. social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER c. social psychology
T/F: Physical attractiveness influences perceptions of personality and competence -
CORRECT ANSWER True
Beliefs about the characteristics of people due to their group membership (age, race, gender,
etc.) are:
a. judgements
b.stereotypes
c. ageism
d. discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER b. stereotypes
T/F People engage in social behavior only when with other people. - CORRECT
ANSWER False. They also engage in social behavior while by themselves.
,What affects your personal perception? - CORRECT ANSWER - physical appearance
-stereotypes
-subjectivity
When people see a tall person, they tend to ask, or think, "Do you play basketball?" Believing
that most/all tall people play basketball is an example of what?
a. stereotyping
b. Prejudice
c. judgement - CORRECT ANSWER a. stereotyping
When people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association
between social traits than they have actually seen.
a. Illusory correlation
b. confirmation bias
c. attribution error - CORRECT ANSWER a. Illusory correlation
These psychologists argue that biases in social perception were adaptive in humans' ancestral
environment.
a. social psychologists
b. evolutionary psychologists
c. school psychologists - CORRECT ANSWER b. evolutionary psychologists
This involves making inferences about the causes of events, others' behavior, and one's own
behavior.
a. stereotypes
b. prejudice
, c. attributions - CORRECT ANSWER c. attributions
Fritz Heider argued:
a. Internal attributions cause behavior within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
c. the cause of stability is an underlying behavior
d. both a and b
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER a. Internal attributions cause behavior
within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
The Green Bay Packers team watch Brandon McManus miss an important field goal and says
it happened because "he always cracks under pressure."
What type of attribution is this?
a. external attribution
b. distinctive attribution
c. internal attribution - CORRECT ANSWER internal attribution
-They attribute the mistake to the athlete's character ("cracks under pressure")
Bernard Weiner focused on:
a. Internal attributions cause behavior within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
c. the stability of causes underlying behavior
d. both a and b
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER c. the stability of causes underlying
behavior
CORRECT ANSWERS
The process of forming impressions of others refers to:
a. person perception
b. social perception
c. emotional perception
d. psychological perception - CORRECT ANSWER a. person perception
The branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors are influenced by others.
a. emotional psychology
b. Abnormal Psychology
c. social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER c. social psychology
T/F: Physical attractiveness influences perceptions of personality and competence -
CORRECT ANSWER True
Beliefs about the characteristics of people due to their group membership (age, race, gender,
etc.) are:
a. judgements
b.stereotypes
c. ageism
d. discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER b. stereotypes
T/F People engage in social behavior only when with other people. - CORRECT
ANSWER False. They also engage in social behavior while by themselves.
,What affects your personal perception? - CORRECT ANSWER - physical appearance
-stereotypes
-subjectivity
When people see a tall person, they tend to ask, or think, "Do you play basketball?" Believing
that most/all tall people play basketball is an example of what?
a. stereotyping
b. Prejudice
c. judgement - CORRECT ANSWER a. stereotyping
When people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association
between social traits than they have actually seen.
a. Illusory correlation
b. confirmation bias
c. attribution error - CORRECT ANSWER a. Illusory correlation
These psychologists argue that biases in social perception were adaptive in humans' ancestral
environment.
a. social psychologists
b. evolutionary psychologists
c. school psychologists - CORRECT ANSWER b. evolutionary psychologists
This involves making inferences about the causes of events, others' behavior, and one's own
behavior.
a. stereotypes
b. prejudice
, c. attributions - CORRECT ANSWER c. attributions
Fritz Heider argued:
a. Internal attributions cause behavior within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
c. the cause of stability is an underlying behavior
d. both a and b
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER a. Internal attributions cause behavior
within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
The Green Bay Packers team watch Brandon McManus miss an important field goal and says
it happened because "he always cracks under pressure."
What type of attribution is this?
a. external attribution
b. distinctive attribution
c. internal attribution - CORRECT ANSWER internal attribution
-They attribute the mistake to the athlete's character ("cracks under pressure")
Bernard Weiner focused on:
a. Internal attributions cause behavior within a person
b. External attributions cause behavior outside a person (situation/environment)
c. the stability of causes underlying behavior
d. both a and b
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER c. the stability of causes underlying
behavior
