Social Psychology Questions

Studies on the effects of physical attractiveness on judgments about personality show that:

Complete the following maxim: People who readily express their feelings nonverbally, compared to less expressive individuals, are:

The best way to tell if someone is lying is to pay attention to his/her:

Associations between two cognitive representations can arise from:

Accessibility refers to:

You are being forced to give a positive argument on cockroaches. According to studies on the correspondence bias, someone observing you will:

The attribution of causes to the behavior of people is called:

Paul is being rude to his math teacher. You know that he has been rude to this teacher before, while he has never been rude to other teachers. You also know that other students have been rude to this teacher. According to Kelley's covariation model, in these circumstances you will make:

When individuals from China and America learn about a murder case, individuals from American are likely to explain the event by:

Which of the following processes takes time and effort?

Jack expects caring people to be friendly as well. This is an example of:

Schneider (1973) claims that people have implicit personality theories. By this, he means that people:

We can organize our knowledge by:

Complete the following maxim: When integrating information to form an overall impression:

When people are aware of their inaccurate impression and take time and effort to correct it, the impression will:

When people process information about a person superficially, they generally rely on:

Samantha has heard that Jake is a rude person. Upon meeting Jake for the first time, Samantha ignores him and find that Jake does the same to her. This interaction leads Samantha to conclude that Jake is, in fact, a rude person. This interaction provides an example of:

The self-fulfilling prophecy, the primacy effect, and perseverance bias all state that:

Which cues capture the most attention when forming impressions?

Priming is most closely related to:

Self-knowledge has two components:

What we feel about ourselves we name ______, and what we know about ourselves we name ______.

What is true about intrinsic motivation?

Suppose you are asked your opinion about commercial television. Because you realize you watch a lot of commercial television you infer that you are positive about it. This is an illustration of the process of:

Self-perception theory states that people in certain circumstances infer knowledge about themselves from their behavior. Which of the statements below regarding self-perception theory is not correct?

The expression "the looking-glass self" refers to the fact that:

According to Festinger's (1954) social comparison theory, we compare ourselves with:

Which of the options below is an example of the actor-observer effect?

To have many (instead of few) self-aspects has a positive effect in the event that:

According to Markus and Kitayama (1991), the self-concept of the Japanese differs from that of North Americans. In comparison with the way North Americans think about themselves, Japanese think about themselves in terms of:

According to Linville (1985), success should have a more dramatic effect on people who:

In Tesser’s (1988) self-evaluation maintenance model, there are two important elements:

Modifying our behavior to the expectancies of our social environment is typical behavior of people who are:

Julie is constantly looking for ways that she can improve herself and achieve her goals. Because Julie is guided by her ideal self, it is clear that she is guided by:

Threats to the self are most harmful when they seem:

Learned helplessness arises from:

A depressive attributional style is characterized by attributions (of negative events) that are:

Studies show that getting over stressful events by writing about them can lead to:

Seeking to avoid blame for a failed exam performance by staying up late and partying the night before is an example of:

Which of the following is true about coping with self-threats?