Chapter 7

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

Process of interpreting one’s environment

Question 2

Cognitive Categories

Answer 2

Mental depositories for storing information

Question 3

Schema

Answer 3

Mental picture of an event or object

Question 4

Script

Answer 4

A mental picture of an event

Question 5

Implicit Cognition

Answer 5

Any thought or belief that is automatically activated without conscious awareness

Question 6

Micro Agressions

Answer 6

biased thoughts, attitudes, and feelings that exist at an unconscious level

Question 7

Stereotype Threat

Answer 7

The predicament in which members of a social group must deal with the possibility of being judged or being treated stereotypically, or doing something that would confirm the stereotype

Question 8

Galatea Effect

Answer 8

an individual’s high self-expectations lead to high performance

Question 9

Golem Effect

Answer 9

Loss in performance due to low leader expectations

Question 10

Causal Attributions

Answer 10

suspected or inferred causes of behavior

Question 11

Internal Factors

Answer 11

personal characteristics that cause behavior

Question 12

External Factors

Answer 12

environmental characteristics that cause behavior

Question 13

Fundamental Attribution Bias

Answer 13

ignoring environmental factors that effect behavior

Question 14

Self-serving Bias

Answer 14

taking more personal responsibility for success than failure