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In order to understand why her friend was upset that she was late to dinner, Michelle imagined what it would be like to be in her friend’s position. As such, Michelle was practicing ______.

Perspective taking

Standpoint taking

Perspective mirroring

Standpoint mirroring

Answer

Correct Answer: Perspective taking

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According to ______ theory, people in positions of power have an overriding interest in preserving their place in the social hierarchy.

Control

Perception

Standpoint

Power distance

Answer

Correct Answer: Standpoint

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What do we call the process we use to make sense of experience?

Perception

Interpretation

Understanding

Observation

Answer

Correct Answer: Perception

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When we mistake what we infer for something we have observed, we experience ______ confusion.

Fact–observation

Fact–inference

Inference–observation

Inference–control

Answer

Correct Answer: Fact–inference

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In his interactions with his blind date, John focuses on certain positive cues, like her laughter while ignoring negative cues, like her look of disgust when he chews with his mouth open. This is an example of ______.

Selective exposure

Selective attention

Selective perception

Selective retention

Answer

Correct Answer: Selective attention

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Uncertainty reduction theory says that we monitor the social environment to learn more about each other and reduce our uncertainty regarding another person’s intentions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The horn effect occurs when we let a single positive judgment lead us to view all of the individual's actions positively.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Selective attention refers to our preference for people and messages that confirm our existing beliefs, values, or attitudes.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Unconscious bias is a bias we are aware that we harbor.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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When we force ourselves to see people and situations only in certain way, we are blindering.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Fundamental Attribution Error is the overemphasis of ---------.

Community factors

Personal factors

Internal factors

Personal and internal factors

Answer

Correct Answer: Personal factors

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A bias we are unaware that we harbor is known as

Conscious Bias

Unconscious Bias

Known Bias

Unknown Bias

Answer

Correct Answer: Unconscious Bias

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A theory that states that individuals learn more about each other by monitoring their social environment

Uncertainty Reduction Theory

Standpoint Theory

Social serving Theory

Attribution Theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Uncertainty Reduction Theory

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Stereotypes are Rigid perceptions that are applied to all members of a group

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The recalling of things that reinforce one’s thinking is called ___________.

Selective perception

Selective attention

Selective exposure

Selective retention

Answer

Correct Answer: Selective retention

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Self-Serving Bias is the overemphasizing of _________ factors as influences on one’s behavior.

External

Internal

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: External

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Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects is a theory that states each individual has

Same Identities

Common Identities

Different Identities

Standard Identities

Answer

Correct Answer: Different Identities

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Standpoint Theory influences the accuracy of one’s perception of ______ life.

Daily

Social

Profesional

Common

Answer

Correct Answer: Social

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The aspect of perception which enables individuals to see, hear, and believe only what they want to.

Selective perception

Selective attention

Selective exposure

Selective retention

Answer

Correct Answer: Selective perception

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Selective exposure is practice of -------- oneself to people and messages that confirm one’s existing beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Exposing

Disclosing

Cloaking

Suppressing

Answer

Correct Answer: Exposing

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Focusing on one cue while ignoring others is

Selective attention

Elective attention

Uniform attention

Scattered attention

Answer

Correct Answer: Selective attention

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The general ideas that individuals have about persons and situations and how things should play out are called ----------.

Scripts

Research

Memo

Hypothesis

Answer

Correct Answer: Scripts

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Schemata is -------------.

Knowledge

Education

Study

Theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Knowledge

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A form of stereotyping attributed to --------- is called racial profiling.

Racism

Provincialism

Nationalism

Fascism

Answer

Correct Answer: Racism

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----------- the viewpoint of another person is perspective talking.

Rejecting

Adopting

Adapting

Enhancing

Answer

Correct Answer: Adopting

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Person based processing is not based on --------.

Perception

Membership in particular group

Information handling

Conclusion

Answer

Correct Answer: Membership in particular group

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Perceptual sets are----------

Organizational constructions

Construction management

Organizational structures

Structural management

Answer

Correct Answer: Organizational constructions

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The ------- to maintain the way one sees the world is perceptual constancy.

Tendency

Extent

Knowledge

Procedure

Answer

Correct Answer: Tendency

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The process used to make sense of experience is called

Perception

Fallacy

Fact

Hypothesis

Answer

Correct Answer: Perception

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Indiscrimination is a perceptual barrier causing a person to emphasize similarities and -------- differences.

Correct

Neglect

Nullify

Improvise

Answer

Correct Answer: Neglect

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The perception of negative qualities in a person one dislikes is horn effect.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The perception of positive qualities ----------.

Horn effect

Halo effect

Reverse halo

Stereotype

Answer

Correct Answer: Halo effect

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The ------ and behaviors that a culture assigns to males and females is gender prescriptions.

Roles

Duties

Responsibilities

Tasks

Answer

Correct Answer: Roles

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Frozen evaluation is a perceptual fallacy that discourages flexibility.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Figure-Ground Principle is a -----------.

Strategy

Equity

Un-planned

Trivial

Answer

Correct Answer: Strategy

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The tendency to treat observations and --------------- similarly.

Facts

Assumptions

Theories

Laws

Answer

Correct Answer: Assumptions

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The tendency to perceive right or wrong is -----------.

Ethnocentrism

Anthropocentric

Xenocentrism

Social change

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism

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The ability to understand other’s thoughts is -------

Empathy

Harshness

Abomination

Devotion

Answer

Correct Answer: Empathy

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The process by which one fills in a missing perceptual piece is called--------.

Closure

Disclosure

Prolongation

Extension

Answer

Correct Answer: Closure

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Category-Based Processing is processing of information about a person that is influenced by --------toward the group in which the person is placed.

Attributes

Attitudes

Irreverence

Procession

Answer

Correct Answer: Attitudes

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The unconscious adding of restrictions that do not actually exist is called blindering.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Attribution theory is a ---------- that predicates assigned meaning to behaviour by ascribing motives and causes.

Law

Theory

Hypothesis

Fact

Answer

Correct Answer: Theory

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Allness is a ---------- allowing a person to believe that they know something.

Perceptual fallacy

Factual conformity

False theories

Hypothetical knowledge

Answer

Correct Answer: Perceptual fallacy

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Perception and Social Experience MCQ

In order to understand why her friend was upset that she was late to dinner, Michelle imagined what it would be like to be in her friend’s position. As such, Michelle was practicing ______.

According to ______ theory, people in positions of power have an overriding interest in preserving their place in the social hierarchy.

What do we call the process we use to make sense of experience?

When we mistake what we infer for something we have observed, we experience ______ confusion.

In his interactions with his blind date, John focuses on certain positive cues, like her laughter while ignoring negative cues, like her look of disgust when he chews with his mouth open. This is an example of ______.

Uncertainty reduction theory says that we monitor the social environment to learn more about each other and reduce our uncertainty regarding another person’s intentions.

The horn effect occurs when we let a single positive judgment lead us to view all of the individual's actions positively.

Selective attention refers to our preference for people and messages that confirm our existing beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Unconscious bias is a bias we are aware that we harbor.

When we force ourselves to see people and situations only in certain way, we are blindering.

Fundamental Attribution Error is the overemphasis of ---------.

A bias we are unaware that we harbor is known as

A theory that states that individuals learn more about each other by monitoring their social environment

Stereotypes are Rigid perceptions that are applied to all members of a group

The recalling of things that rein­force one’s thinking is called ___________.

Self-Serving Bias is the overemphasizing of _________ fac­tors as influences on one’s behavior.

Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects is a theory that states each individual has

Standpoint Theory influences the accuracy of one’s perception of ______ life.

The aspect of perception which enables individuals to see, hear, and believe only what they want to.

Selective exposure is practice of -------- oneself to people and messages that confirm one’s existing beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Focusing on one cue while ignoring others is

The general ideas that individuals have about per­sons and situations and how things should play out are called ----------.

Schemata is -------------.

A form of stereotyping attributed to --------- is called racial profiling.

----------- the viewpoint of another person is perspective talking.

Person based processing is not based on --------.

Perceptual sets are----------

The ------- to maintain the way one sees the world is perceptual constancy.

The process used to make sense of experience is called

Indiscrimination is a perceptual barrier causing a person to emphasize similarities and -------- differences.

The perception of negative qualities in a per­son one dislikes is horn effect.

The perception of positive qualities ----------.

The ------ and behaviors that a cul­ture assigns to males and females is gender prescriptions.

Frozen evaluation is a perceptual fallacy that discourages flexibility.

Figure-Ground Principle is a -----------.

The tendency to treat observa­tions and --------------- similarly.

The tendency to perceive right or wrong is -----------.

The ability to understand other’s thoughts is -------

The process by which one fills in a missing per­ceptual piece is called--------.

Category-Based Processing is processing of informa­tion about a person that is influenced by --------toward the group in which the person is placed.

The unconscious adding of restrictions that do not actually exist is called blindering.

Attribution theory is a ---------- that predicates assigned meaning to behaviour by ascribing motives and causes.

Allness is a ---------- allowing a person to believe that they know something.

The recalling of things that reinforce one’s thinking is called ___________.

Self-Serving Bias is the overemphasizing of _________ factors as influences on one’s behavior.

The general ideas that individuals have about persons and situations and how things should play out are called ----------.

The perception of negative qualities in a person one dislikes is horn effect.

The ------ and behaviors that a culture assigns to males and females is gender prescriptions.

The tendency to treat observations and --------------- similarly.

The process by which one fills in a missing perceptual piece is called--------.

Category-Based Processing is processing of information about a person that is influenced by --------toward the group in which the person is placed.