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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment?
interpretation
environmental analysis
social verification
outlook
perception
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?
factors in the setting, factors in the environment, and factors in the motives
factors in the perceiver, factors in the target, and factors in the situation
factors in the character, factors in knowledge, and factors in experience
factors in the personality, factors in the character, and factors in the values
factors in the senses, factors in the surroundings, and factors in the lighting
- 3. Multiple Choice
Two people see the same thing at the same time yet interpret it differently. Where do the factors that operate to shape their dissimilar perceptions reside?
the perceivers
the target
the timing
the context
the situation
- 4. Multiple Choice
When individuals observe another person’s behavior, they attempt to determine whether it is internally or externally caused. This phenomenon is most directly relevant to which of the following?
a.the Pygmalion effect
projection theory
attribution theory
selective perception theory
expectancy theory
- 5. Multiple Choice
Shortcuts in judging others include all of the following except
stereotyping
halo effect
projection
self-serving-bias
the Pygmalion effect
- 6. Multiple Choice
We engage in ________because it is impossible for us to assimilate everything we perceive.
selective perception
Memorization
mental desensitization
periodic listening
linear clustering
- 7. Multiple Choice
Jennifer has already presented two excellent reports. The report she has just presented is clearly not as good as the first two reports, yet she is given the same high grade as before. What shortcut has the teacher used in this case?
the contrast effect
the halo effect
stereotyping
projection
assertion
- 8. Multiple Choice
Allison has just presented her paper and has done a really good job. Why should you not want to present your own paper directly after she does?
to avoid the stereotyping effect
to avoid the halo effect
to avoid the contrast effect
to avoid the projection effect
to avoid the ultimate attribution error
- 9. Multiple Choice
You have heard that the teacher believes that men perform better in oral presentations than women. What shortcut has the teacher used in this case?
the halo effect
the contrast effect
Projection
Stereotyping
prototyping
- 10. Multiple Choice
Jenny is being interviewed for a position as an editor. At the start of the interview she is flustered and repeatedly mispronounces the name of the company she is applying to work for. She thinks the rest of the interview goes very well and she is confident about getting the job. Why might her confidence be misplaced?
Most employment decisions have been made before the interview is conducted.
Most interviewers make their decision by the first 5 minutes of the interview.
Employers gain most of their knowledge of a potential employee’s skill set through interviewing.
Interviewers make perceptual judgments that are often inaccurate.
Interviewers will use stereotypes to judge her, so what she says and does at the interview will be of little importance.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is not an example of stereotyping?
There is no need to offer child-care to him; men aren’t interested in child care.
Don’t hire an older worker; they can’t learn new skills.
She was good at her last job, so she will be good at this one.
She won’t relocate for a promotion, since women don’t relocate.
The new hire will be emotionally insensitive, since he is a man.
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