#1
What is social perception?
The process of understanding others in a social context
ExplanationUnderstanding others in a social context.
#2
Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing social perception?
Personality traits
ExplanationPersonality traits are not a factor in social perception.
#3
Which of the following is an example of an external attribution?
Believing someone is late because of heavy traffic
ExplanationAttributing lateness to external factor (heavy traffic).
#4
What is meant by the term 'attribution' in social psychology?
The process of assigning causes to behavior
ExplanationAssigning causes to behavior in social psychology.
#5
Which of the following is an example of an internal attribution?
Believing someone failed an exam because they did not study enough
ExplanationAttributing exam failure to internal factor (not studying enough).
#6
What is meant by the term 'social perception'?
The process of understanding others in a social context
ExplanationUnderstanding others in a social context.
#7
What is the fundamental attribution error?
The tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal factors
ExplanationAttributing others' behavior to internal factors.
#8
Which theory suggests that people infer the causes of others' behavior in order to understand and explain it?
Attribution theory
ExplanationInferring causes of others' behavior through Attribution theory.
#9
What is the halo effect in social perception?
The tendency to attribute positive qualities to physically attractive people
ExplanationAttributing positive qualities to physically attractive individuals.
#10
Which term refers to the tendency to attribute our own successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors?
Self-serving bias
ExplanationAttributing own successes to internal factors and failures to external factors.
#11
What is the false consensus effect?
The tendency to believe that others think and behave similarly to us
ExplanationBelieving others share similar thoughts and behaviors.
#12
Which theory suggests that people tend to attribute others' behavior to internal characteristics and ignore situational factors?
Actor-observer bias
ExplanationAttributing others' behavior to internal characteristics, ignoring situational factors.
#13
According to Kelley's covariation model, which of the following is NOT a factor used in making attributions?
Complementarity
ExplanationComplementarity is not a factor in Kelley's covariation model.
#14
In the context of social perception, what does the term 'primacy effect' refer to?
The tendency to form impressions of others based on the first information we receive about them
ExplanationForming impressions based on initial information.
#15
According to Fritz Heider's attribution theory, what are the two main types of attributions people make?
Situational and dispositional
ExplanationMaking situational and dispositional attributions.
#16
According to Jones and Davis's correspondent inference theory, which factor influences whether we make an internal or external attribution?
Distinctiveness
ExplanationDistinctiveness influences internal or external attribution.
#17
What is meant by the term 'attributional ambiguity'?
The difficulty in discerning whether one's actions will be positively or negatively evaluated by others
ExplanationDifficulty in discerning positive or negative evaluation of one's actions.
#18
In the context of social perception, what is 'attributional complexity'?
The tendency to make complex attributions about others' behavior
ExplanationTendency to make complex attributions about others' behavior.