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True or false: Social perception is the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them?
True or false: Social perception is the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them?
True (A)
True or false: Social perception relies on basic perceptual processes but does not involve higher-level knowledge and inferences?
True or false: Social perception relies on basic perceptual processes but does not involve higher-level knowledge and inferences?
False (B)
True or false: Perception in cognitive psychology is instant and conscious?
True or false: Perception in cognitive psychology is instant and conscious?
False (B)
True or false: Non-human animals do not have social perception?
True or false: Non-human animals do not have social perception?
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True or false: Nonverbal communication includes facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, use of touch, and eye gaze?
True or false: Nonverbal communication includes facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, use of touch, and eye gaze?
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True or false: Dogs do not engage in nonverbal communication?
True or false: Dogs do not engage in nonverbal communication?
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True or false: Facial expressions serve multiple functions including communication of emotions, attitudes, and personality.
True or false: Facial expressions serve multiple functions including communication of emotions, attitudes, and personality.
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True or false: Facial expressions are the most important channel of non-verbal communication.
True or false: Facial expressions are the most important channel of non-verbal communication.
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True or false: Charles Darwin believed that facial expressions are universal.
True or false: Charles Darwin believed that facial expressions are universal.
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True or false: Ekman & Friesen's research with the South Fore people confirmed the universality of facial expressions.
True or false: Ekman & Friesen's research with the South Fore people confirmed the universality of facial expressions.
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True or false: There may be more than 6 universal emotions according to Cordaro et al's research.
True or false: There may be more than 6 universal emotions according to Cordaro et al's research.
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True or false: Analytic and holistic thinkers perceive facial expressions similarly.
True or false: Analytic and holistic thinkers perceive facial expressions similarly.
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True or false: Implicit personality theories are influenced by culture.
True or false: Implicit personality theories are influenced by culture.
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True or false: Collectivist students are more likely to link attractiveness and desirable personality traits.
True or false: Collectivist students are more likely to link attractiveness and desirable personality traits.
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True or false: The Covariation Model states that to form an attribution about what caused a person's behavior, we note the pattern between the presence of possible causal factors and whether or not the behavior occurs.
True or false: The Covariation Model states that to form an attribution about what caused a person's behavior, we note the pattern between the presence of possible causal factors and whether or not the behavior occurs.
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True or false: The Covariation Model assumes that people always make rational attributions.
True or false: The Covariation Model assumes that people always make rational attributions.
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True or false: The Fundamental Attribution Error is the tendency to underestimate the role of situational factors in people's behavior.
True or false: The Fundamental Attribution Error is the tendency to underestimate the role of situational factors in people's behavior.
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True or false: The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to the tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to personality traits.
True or false: The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to the tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to personality traits.
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True or false: The fundamental attribution error is a two-step process in which one initially makes an internal attribution and then considers situational reasons for the behavior?
True or false: The fundamental attribution error is a two-step process in which one initially makes an internal attribution and then considers situational reasons for the behavior?
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True or false: Collectivist cultures are more susceptible to the fundamental attribution error?
True or false: Collectivist cultures are more susceptible to the fundamental attribution error?
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True or false: The actor/observer difference refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors and our own behavior to situational factors?
True or false: The actor/observer difference refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors and our own behavior to situational factors?
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True or false: Self-serving attributions involve making internal attributions for our successes and external attributions for our failures?
True or false: Self-serving attributions involve making internal attributions for our successes and external attributions for our failures?
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True or false: Defensive attributions are explanations for behavior that avoid feelings of vulnerability and mortality?
True or false: Defensive attributions are explanations for behavior that avoid feelings of vulnerability and mortality?
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True or false: The cultural differences in the actor/observer effect are well-documented?
True or false: The cultural differences in the actor/observer effect are well-documented?
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True or false: Belief in a just world is a form of defensive attribution where people assume that bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people?
True or false: Belief in a just world is a form of defensive attribution where people assume that bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people?
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True or false: Victims of disease can be examples of the belief in a just world?
True or false: Victims of disease can be examples of the belief in a just world?
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True or false: Victims of rape/sexual assault can be examples of the belief in a just world?
True or false: Victims of rape/sexual assault can be examples of the belief in a just world?
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True or false: In Lerner & Simmons' study, participants who saw a learner being shocked were more likely to blame the victim in the viewing condition?
True or false: In Lerner & Simmons' study, participants who saw a learner being shocked were more likely to blame the victim in the viewing condition?
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True or false: In Lerner & Simmons' study, participants who were going to view another session were more likely to vote for compensation?
True or false: In Lerner & Simmons' study, participants who were going to view another session were more likely to vote for compensation?
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True or false: The bias blind spot refers to the tendency to think that other people are less susceptible to attributional biases than we are?
True or false: The bias blind spot refers to the tendency to think that other people are less susceptible to attributional biases than we are?
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