7 person perception and attribution

How we interpret, analyse, remember and use information to make judgement about others in different social situations

• Clinical Psychology

• Social cognition

• Cultural Psychology

The mental processes we use to form impressions and draw conclusions about the personal characteristics of other people

• Perception

• IQ

• Intuition

• Person perception

Which of the following does NOT explain why person perception is important?

They can help us ...

• guide our relationships we develop

• form first impressions

• form biases about people

• draw conclusions about people

Which of the following is NOT an example of the halo effect?

When we perceive someone as attractive we may also perceive them as

• aggressive

• cheerful

• friendly

• smart

A cognitive bias in which the impression we form about one quality of a person influences our beliefs and expectations about the person in other qualities

• Attractiveness effect

• Halo effect

• Good luck to them

• Cognitive bias

An explanation why more attractive people are more likely to be given higher salaries than less attractive people

• fundamental attribution error

• cognitive bias

• interpretive bias

• halo effect

If someone from a Western cutlure maintains eye contact most of the time, they are more likely to be perceived as

• aggressive

• annoying and angry

• unpleasant

• honest and straightforward

Ekman's research on facial expressions indicates that basic emotions are

• recognised by people of different cultures

• not recognised by people of different cultures

Which of the following does NOT affect the size of our personal space

• our cultural background

• whether we have had coffee in the morning

• who we are with

• what we are doing

An appropriate distance to give a coworker in a meeting at work sufficient personal space would be approximately

• 0 - 0.5 metres

• 0.5 - 1.5 metres

• 1.5 - 3.5 metres

• 3.5 metres and over