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1
Lisa and Laura were at a café having lunch and saw a woman and her child walk by. Lisa only saw a happy child and her happy mother, while Laura saw an unhappy child and her unhappy mother. What type of perception is this?
A)role
B)passive
C)subjective
D)objective
2
Which of the following is a physiological factor that could lead to differences in perception?
A)past experiences
B)roles
C)sex
D)co-culture
3
Which of the following terms reflect the fact that some individuals are likely to seek out information that is reflective rather than contradictive to his/her current beliefs and opinions?
A)selective attention
B)selective reduction
C)selective exposure
D)selective integration
4
Christina Aguilera, whose father was of Latin decent, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Which of her co-cultures is very common in the United States?
A)Latin
B)American
C)Pittsburgh
D)Pennsylvania
5
Tina was having a drink at a noisy bar when someone called out her name. What is the figure?
A)The bar
B)Her drink
C)Tina's name being called
D)The noise in the background
6
____________ is an organizational method where missing information is filled in to create the appearance of a complete unit, and ____________ is another organizational technique where elements are grouped based on their similarities in size, color, and shape.
A)Closure; similarity
B)Proximity; figure and ground
C)Similarity; proximity
D)Closure; proximity
7
When we make judgements about other people, the tendency to attribute their successes to the situation and their failures to their personal characteristics. What is this called?
A)Self-Serving bias
B)Fundamental Attribution Error
C)Attribution
D)Perceptual error
8
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
A)To attribute our own successes to our personal qualities and our failures to our circumstances.
B)The process in which the self develops through the messages and feedback received from others.
C)The feeling an individual has about his or her self-concept, that is, how well the individual likes and values himself or herself.
D)The idea that we behave and see ourselves in ways that are consistent with how others see us.
9
What are the three types of feedback for self-image?
A)confirmation, rejection, affirmation
B)disconfirmation, rejection, acceptance
C)confirmation, rejection, disconfirmation
D)acceptance, rejection, affirmation







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