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Week 9 - The Social Self and Person Perception

Daniel Whiting 11 questions

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  1. 1The illusion of transparency describes how...
    1. Awe feel that people can very easily determine our emotions.
    2. Bwe feel like people just see through us as if we don't exist.
    3. Ca visual illusion that makes us think we are seeing through an object, similar to occlusion lines.
    4. Dwe feel that people notice negative things about us more often than they actually do.
  2. 2Which of the following reduces the illusion of transparency?
    1. AKnowing about the illusion
    2. BBeing 100% upfront so that there is no doubt about what someone else is thinking about you
    3. CAvoiding social situations altogether
    4. DWearing a red shirt
  3. 3What are some of the factors that influence the development of the social self?
    1. AHeritability
    2. BBirth order
    3. CA persons in group
    4. DA persons ability to discriminate between 2 peoples voices.
    5. EDownward social comparisons
    6. FUpward social comparisons
    7. GPersonal successes
    8. HLuck
  4. 4Self affirmations are a good way of increasing self esteem.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5We are [blank_start]poor[blank_end] at explaining our own behaviour.

    We are [blank_start]poor[blank_end] at predicting our behavior.
    1. Apoor
    2. Bgood
    3. Cpoor
    4. Dgood
  6. 6What effect does negative feedback have on people with high self esteem?
    1. AIncrease in rudeness and arrogance
    2. BNo effect because their high self esteem helps them to reassure themselves
    3. CIncrease in politeness and altruism in order to "be better" after a negative result
    4. DMakes their self esteem become low for an extended period
  7. 7Which of the following are a type of self serving bias?
    1. AAttributional distrortions
    2. BFalse consensus
    3. CFalse uniqueness
    4. DAvailability heuristic
    5. ERepresentative bias
  8. 8Which of the following are considered to be central traits according to Asch?
    1. AWarm
    2. BCold
    3. CPolite
    4. DBlunt
  9. 9To humans, losing $10 is just as negative as finding $10 is positive.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10We notice and remember information that is [blank_start]consistent[blank_end] with our expectations.
    1. Aconsistent
    2. Binconsistent

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PSY234 - Personality and Social Quiz on Week 9 - The Social Self and Person Perception, created by Daniel Whiting on 22/05/2017.
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