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The process of receiving information about and making sense of the world around us is called:

A) perception.
B) projection.
C) social learning.
D) social identity.
E) personal identity.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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If you form a general negative impression of a person based on one prominent characteristic,and it colours your perception of other characteristics of that person,it is called:

A) Projection bias
B) The halo effect
C) Selective attention
D) Self-serving bias
E) Stereotyping

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Stereotyping is an extension of the social identity process.

The primacy effect occurs because we have a strong need to quickly make sense of other people.

In the Johari Window,the ___________ area includes information about you that is known both to you and others.

The three structural dimensions of self-concept are: complexity,consistency and clarity.

Our likelihood of noticing a person or object depends on its:

People who believe that their successful completion of a project is due to their skill and hard work are making an internal attribution.

Employees can break out of their existing mental models by working with colleagues from diverse backgrounds that bring different mental models to the workplace.

Attribution theory mainly explains the selective attention process.

Self-concept clarity increases as they get older.

Jim has just arrived late for work.This is the third time over the past five days that he has arrived more than 30 minutes late.However,you conclude that Jim's lateness is due to factors beyond his control because most other employees who also take Jim's route to work have also been late to work on these days.According to attribution theory,what attribution have you made of Jim's lateness and based on what attribution rule?

The concept of prejudice is most closely related to:

Fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to attribute the behaviour of other people to internal factors more than external factors.

An internal locus of control characterizes people who think only of themselves rather than people around them.

Stereotyping helps up in several valuable ways.

The first step in a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when the observer acts differently towards people with whom he or she has high expectations than towards those with whom he or she has low expectations.

Self-efficacy is a perception and a general trait related to self-concept.

Screening out information that is contrary to our values and assumptions is called:

According to social identity theory,people tend to: