CH9

Question 1

Person Perceptions

Answer 1

The process of forming impressions of others.

Question 2

What are attributions?

Internal and External

Answer 2

Inferences that people draw about the causes of their own behavior, others’ behavior, and events.

Internal:personal dispositions, traits, abilities, or feelings.

External:Impute the causes of a person behavior to situational demands and environmental constraints.

Question 3

What is confirmation Bias?

Answer 3

The tendency to seek information that supports one’s beliefs while not pursuing disconfirming information

Question 4

Give the example of the Double Standard study of men vs women.

Answer 4

Men are rewarded for sexual activity while women are derogated for it

Question 5

How does Self-Fulfilling Prophecy take place?

Answer 5

First- Initial impression of someone

Two- The perceiver behaves toward the target person according to his or her expectations

Three- The target person adjusts his or her behavior to the perceiver’s actions,
confirming the perceiver’s hypothesis about the target person