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Perception and Attribution MCQ

Perceptual biases are ________________________________________________.

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Correct Answer: Perceptual distortions, often caused by cognitive shortcuts, that lead to mistakes

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Individuals and organizations can reduce the negative effects of perceptual biases by __________________________.

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Correct Answer: Providing opportunities for frequent contact and interaction

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The process by which one’s expectations and perceptions become reality because of the strength of the original expectation is ________________.

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Correct Answer: Pygmalion effect

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The primacy effect __________________________________.

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Correct Answer: Is a tendency to overemphasize early information

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The tendency to underestimate situational factors and overestimate personal factors when making attributions about others’ actions is called actor-observer difference.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is an example of a perceptual bias?

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Correct Answer: Fundamental attribution error

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Overjustification is the tendency to make external attributions about our own behavior when an external reward is given.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of assigning a cause to a behavior that is related to factors external to the person is ______________________.

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Correct Answer: External attribution

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Natural ability and effort are examples of _________________.

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Correct Answer: Internal attribution

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The attribution process involves inferring and assigning a cause to a behavior.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of letting some information in while keeping out the rest is called closure.

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Correct Answer: False

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______________ is the process of gathering, selecting, and interpreting information about how we view ourselves and others.

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Correct Answer: Social perception

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Social perception is a subjective rather than an objective process.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process by which one’s expectations and _______become reality because of the strength of the unoriginal expectation is known as the Pygmalion effect or self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Correct Answer: Perceptions

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Channeling or confirmatory hypothesis testing is the process by which we limit people’s interactions with us so their behavior support our expectations

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Correct Answer: True

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Self-serving bias is the tendency to deny credit for our success and reject blame for failures

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Correct Answer: False

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The recency effect is a tendency to underemphasize the most recent information rather than earlier data

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Correct Answer: False

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The primacy effect is an inability to overemphasize early information.

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Correct Answer: False

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Similar-to-me is developing a liking for a person that we perceive is different from us and dislikes those who are different.

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Correct Answer: False

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Halo effect is a bias that occurs when a general impression or evaluation of one characteristic of a person or situation creates a negative impression that becomes the central factor around which all other information is selected, organized, and covered up

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Correct Answer: False

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Stereotype is a generalization about a general based on the group to which the person belongs.

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Correct Answer: False

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Actor-observer difference is the tendency to rely more on internal attributions when explaining our own actions.

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Correct Answer: False

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_______ is the tendency to underestimate situational factors and overestimate personal factors when making attributions about others’ actions

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Correct Answer: Fundamental attribution error

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Distortions in perception, often caused by cognitive shortcuts, and that leads to mistakes is known as Perceptual biases

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Correct Answer: True

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Over justification is the inability to make internal attributions about our own behavior when an external reward is given

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Correct Answer: False

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___________ theory suggesting that people make attributions about themselves by looking at their behavior

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Correct Answer: Self-perception

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The process of assigning a cause to a behavior that is related to factors external to the person is known as?

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Correct Answer: External or situational attribution

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The process of assigning a cause to a behavior that is related to internal factors within a person is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Attribution

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_____ is the process of assigning or attributing a cause to behavior or event Internal or personal

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Correct Answer: Attribution process

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Schemas are mental patterns that people do not apply to understand and explain certain situations and events

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Correct Answer: False

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The organization of information that the perceptual filter has allowed through during the attention stage is known as the Organization stage of perception.

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Correct Answer: True

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_______ are those cues that are somehow so striking that they stand out

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Correct Answer: Salient cues

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Selective attention is the process of paying attention to all physical and social cues

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Correct Answer: False

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The process of letting some information in while keeping out the rest is known as

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Correct Answer: Perceptual filter

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The selection of stimuli, ______ues, and signals to which we will pay attention

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Correct Answer: Cues

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The closure is the process of filling in missing information to understand a stimulus

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of gathering, selecting and interpreting information about how we view ourselves and others is known as_____.

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Correct Answer: Social perception

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Perception is the mental process we use to pay attention unselectively to all stimuli and cues

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Correct Answer: False

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