30 Questions
Which one of these is true about facial expressions of emotion?
They serve many functions to communicate emotions, attitudes, and personality.
What did Charles Darwin propose about facial expressions?
Facial expressions are vestiges of once useful reactions.
What did Ekman and Friesen's research conclude about facial expressions?
There are 6 universal emotions that are easy to recognize.
What did Cordaro et al.'s research suggest about universal emotions?
There are 6 universal emotions with a lot of variability.
How do analytic and holistic thinkers perceive facial expressions differently?
Holistic thinkers perceive facial expressions analytically.
What are display rules?
Culturally determined rules about which emotional expressions are appropriate to show.
Which term refers to the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional factors while focusing on situational factors when explaining one's own behavior?
Actor/Observer Difference
What is the first step in the two-step process of the Fundamental Attribution Error?
Making internal attributions
Which cultures are less susceptible to the Fundamental Attribution Error?
Collectivist cultures
What is the term for the tendency to make internal attributions for our successes but blame our failures on external situational factors?
Self-Serving Attributions
What is the term for explanations for behavior that avoid feelings of vulnerability and mortality?
Defensive Attributions
Which factor can influence memory according to Ross & Sicoly (1979)?
Self-Serving Attributions
Which of the following best defines social perception?
The study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them
Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication?
Using facial expressions to convey emotions
What is the fundamental attribution error?
The tendency to attribute others' successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors
Which of the following is NOT a form of non-verbal communication?
Written language
What is the role of attention in social perception?
Attention helps us form accurate impressions of others
What is the main focus of social perception?
Studying the formation of first impressions
What is belief in a just world?
The belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people.
In the study conducted by Lerner & Simmons in 1966, what did participants do after witnessing a learner being shocked?
They voted about switching to a reward session.
What is the bias blind spot?
The tendency to think that other people are more susceptible to attributional biases than we are.
What are examples of victims of defensive attributions?
Victims of disease
What did participants in the viewing condition of the study by Lerner & Simmons in 1966 do?
They blamed the victim.
What is the main focus of defensive attributions?
Blaming others for negative outcomes.
What are implicit personality theories?
The study of how people link attractiveness and desirable personality traits.
What is the Covariation Model?
A theory stating that people tend to overestimate the role of personality traits in explaining behavior.
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
The tendency to make logical inferences in forming first impressions.
What are the types of attributions in Attribution Theory?
Internal and external attributions.
What did the study by Dion et al (1990) find about collectivist students?
They were less likely to link attractiveness and desirable personality traits.
What are some cues that can be used to form a first impression of someone?
Physical characteristics and attractiveness.
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