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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Inferring that Cinderella truly meek as she cowers : 1198654
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Inferring that Cinderella is truly meek as she cowers in her oppressive home is an example of how we often
A. focus on internal traits.
B. ignore temporary moods.
C. forget about situational influences.
D. notice public and private behavior.
2. Researchers randomly assigned participants to play the part of either a quiz game contestant or the host, while other participants merely observed the game. Results indicated that
A. both contestants and observers thought the hosts were more knowledgeable than the contestants.
B. both contestants and observers thought the contestants were more knowledgeable than the hosts.
C. observers thought the hosts were more knowledgeable, but contestants attributed the outcomes to the situation.
D. hosts thought themselves more knowledgeable, but contestants attributed the outcomes to the situation.
3. In their Fidel Castro study, Jones and Harris (1967) reported that
A. participants were able to differentiate opinions that were chosen from those that were assigned.
B. even when they knew that the position was assigned, participants still reported that the feelings articulated in the essays reflected the authors’ true opinions.
C. participants believed that all authors were against Castro’s policies regardless of what they wrote.
D. participants believed that all authors were for Castro’s policies regardless of what they wrote.
4. We tend to underestimate the situational determinants of others’ behavior but not our own because we observe others from a different perspective than we observe ourselves. This is known as the
A. actor-observer difference.
B. camera perspective bias.
C. changing perspectives trend.
D. self-awareness phenomenon.
5. What commands our attention as we shop for groceries each week is the environment around us, such as the number of people in front of us at the checkout counter. Yet when we watch another person’s behavior at the grocery store, he or she, rather than the environment, occupies the center of our attention. As a result, we tend to engage in the attribution error. That is we are irritable because the lines are long, but the other person is cantankerous because he or she is an unhappy person. What explanation below best explains this use of the fundamental attribution error?
A. actor-observer difference
B. camera perspective bias
C. changing perspectives trend
D. self-awareness phenomenon
6. According to Malle’s (2006) analysis of research on the actor-observer difference, we are more likely to attribute our behavior to the situation when
A. we act badly.
B. we fail.
C. we act intentionally.
D. we act admirably.
7. In a study conducted by Lassiter and his colleagues (2002), participants observed a suspect confessing during a police interview. The results indicated that participants were more likely to perceive the confession as genuine when they viewed the confession
A. live.
B. through a two-way mirror.
C. through a camera focused on the suspect.
D. through a camera focused on the detective.
8. In a study conducted by Lassiter and his colleagues (2002), participants observed a suspect confessing during a police interview. The results indicated that participants were more likely to perceive the confession as coerced when they viewed the confession
A. live.
B. through a two-way mirror.
C. through a camera focused on the suspect.
D. through a camera focused on the detective.
9. According to the text, observers tend to attribute a person’s behavior to _______ the more that time passes.
A. the situation
B. his or her personal characteristics
C. both the situation and his or her personal characteristics
D. neither the situation nor his or her personal characteristics
10. According to a study by Burger and Pavelich (1994), voters were more likely to attribute the outcome of an election to the _______ the day after a presidential election, and to the _______ a year after the election.
A. poor weather on election day; candidate’s oral presentation skills
B. candidate’s oral presentation skills; poor weather on election day
C. candidate’s personal traits and positions; nation’s economy
D. nation’s economy; candidate’s personal traits and positions
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