University:
York University
Course:
HH/PSYC 3140 | Abnormal Psychology
Academic year:

2020
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70

Pages:

2
Author:

do3ran7ut

1. When you meet a new person, you have a mental map that guides you in how to greet and introduce yourself to them. These mental maps are called _______. A. Categorizations B. Cognitive representations C. Planning D. Interpersonal scripts 2. Kady has worked as a teacher for several years and has developed a method for introducing herself to librarians. She has developed a(n) ________. A. Cognitive representation B. Representation C. Interpersonal script D. Prototype 3. Gretchen is on a first date with Jim. She is surprised to learn that he wants to have children and be a stay-at-home dad because she believed that men preferred careers to family life. She has been overgeneralizing or _______ men. A. Attributing B. Stereotyping C. Representing D. Misinterpreting 4. Your organizational structures are also called _______ and tell you what information belongs together and how to understand what you perceive. A. Categories B. Templates C. Representations D. Cognitions 5. Elton snapped at a waitress when she delivered the wrong entrée. According to the concept of ________, he is likely to make _______ attributions for his own behavior. A. Attributional bias; internal B. Attributional bias; external C. Fundamental attribution error; external D. Fundamental attribution error; internal 6. The tendency to view one’s own group as the standard against which all other groups should be measured or judged is called ________. A. Stereotyping B. Labeling C. Ethnocentrism D. Prejudice 7. Someone who is less financially successful may lookdown upon groups that are even less successful as a way to protect his or her own ego. This is an example of the _______ function of prejudice. A. Social-expressive B. Value-expressive C. Power-expressive D. Ego-defensive 8. People who lived through the Great Depression may perceive resources as being scarcer than others do. This is an example of how the _______ affects perception. A. Attribution B. Social comparison C. Cohort effect D. Ethnocentrism 9. Researchers believe that _______ is pervasive because it serves specific functions, the two most important of which are ego-defensive functions and value-expressive functions. A. Prejudice B. Ethnocentrism C. Social comparison D. Stereotype 10. Cognitive representations and categorization are used in the ______ step of the perception process. A. Interpretation B. Organization C. Attributional biases D. selection