interpersonal perception

Question 1

females generally found to be _ selective in sexual partners?

Answer 1

more

Question 2

what are females more selective?

Answer 2

reproductive costs

Question 3

how does culture influence females sexual partners?

Answer 3

culture permits males to be less invested in sexual partners, and expect females to be more selective

Question 4

what are the 2 situational influences to attraction?

Answer 4

proximity principle, mere exposure effect

Question 5

what is the proximity principle?

Answer 5

geographical closeness gives opportunity and motivation

Question 6

what is the mere exposure effect?

Answer 6

tendency for liking to increase with frequency of exposure

Question 7

what are some physical influences of attraction?

Answer 7

body shape, symmetry, age

Question 8

physical attraction is the _ predictor at beginning of relationship?

Answer 8

strongest

Question 9

what is the matching hypothesis? (attraction)

Answer 9

people tend to be attracted to those with equal attractiveness

Question 10

inner qualities are the stronger predictor of attraction _ _?

Answer 10

over time

Question 11

what are some inner qualities that make people attractive?

Answer 11

trustworthiness, intelligent, funny

Question 12

what is homophily? (attraction)

Answer 12

attracted to people with similar qualities = feeling validated

Question 13

marriage is a …?

Answer 13

social construct that changes over time

Question 14

what are the 2 kinds of love?

Answer 14

passionate, compassionate

Question 15

what is passionate love?

Answer 15

feelings of euphoria, intimacy, intense sexual attraction

Question 16

what is compassionate love?

Answer 16

affection, trust, concern for partner’s well-being

Question 17

what is social cognition?

Answer 17

involves trying to understand others especially when they do things that are unexpected

Question 18

what are category-based inferences?

Answer 18

based on information about the categories to which someone belongs

Question 19

what are target-based inferences?

Answer 19

based on information about a person’s behaviors

Question 20

what is stereotyping?

Answer 20

process that people draw inferences about others based on membership in social groups

Question 21

what function do stereotypes serve?

Answer 21

categorization, generalization

Question 22

stereotypes can be _ ?

Answer 22

inaccurate

Question 23

inaccurate stereotype information can come from ?

Answer 23

culture (social media, family, news)

Question 24

inaccurate stereotypes can lead to ?

Answer 24

negativity bias, base rate fallacy

Question 25

what is the base rate fallacy?

Answer 25

people do not understand the denominator, stuck with incorrect assumption

Question 26

2 harmful effects of stereotyping?

Answer 26

prejudice and discrimination

Question 27

what is egocentrism?

Answer 27

believing their way of doing things is the right way

Question 28

what is discrimination?

Answer 28

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

Question 29

2 things overused stereotypes can lead to?

Answer 29

overestimate, underestimate

Question 30

what is the elliot brown/blue eye study in prejudice?

Answer 30

teacher told children that blue eyes = superior, and brown eyes = inferior.

Question 31

what is the behavioral confirmation? (prejudice)

Answer 31

tendency for targets to behave as observes expect them to behave

Question 32

what is perceptual confirmation? (example)

Answer 32

women are worse at driving (not true)

Question 33

stereotypes can be _ and _?

Answer 33

unconscious and automatic

Question 34

what is cognitive dissonance?

Answer 34

a disconnect between what we say we value and what we actually value

Question 35

what are attributions?

Answer 35

inference about the cause of a person’s behavior

Question 36

what are situational attributions?

Answer 36

external situation as cause (it’s the professors fault)

Question 37

what are dispositional attributions?

Answer 37

someone’s internal disposition (personality, trait) and cause

Question 38

what is the fundamental attribution error?

Answer 38

tendency to attribute other’s actions to dispositional factors when it was caused by situation

Question 39

example of the fundamental attribution error?

Answer 39

attitudes towards the homeless - lazy, no motivation

Question 40

what is the actor-observer effect?

Answer 40

tendency to make situational attributions for our own behaviors while making dispositional factors for others

Question 41

example of the actor-observer effect?

Answer 41

thinks partner is cheating because they are not answering texts, next week you don’t answer texts and nothing is wrong (hypocrite)