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According to the text, if peers based judgments on reputation, and not observation, then researchers should find
equal agreement for both observable and unobservable traits
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What are the steps for the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM) of personality judgment?
- Relevance
- Availability
- Detection
- Utilization
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Research on intellectual and social expectancies demonstrates that ____.
other people's perception of your personality can influence who you are and what you do
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One difficulty that early researchers encountered in identifying the good judge of personality was that
a good judge in one context was not always a good judge in other contexts
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The judgments other people make of your personality may affect
- your chances of getting a job
- expectancies of your behavior
- your opportunities
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Which of the following attributes seem to be consistently related to being a good judge of personality
extraversion and openness
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According to the text, ____ describes a context where social norms tend to restrict what people do
a strong situation
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According to Lee Jussim (1991), the source of real-life expectancies is likely
previous observations of behavioral tendencies
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A judge may see a target's behavior, pay attention to the behavior, and use the behavior in his or her judgment about the target's personality. However, for the personality judgment to be accurate, the ________.
observed behavior must be relevant to the trait being judged
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A _____ condition refers to a limit on the generalizability of a particular research conclusion.
boundary
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Imagine your new roommate makes her bed carefully each morning. What might you infer with some accuracy about her personality?
She is conscientious?
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According to the research described in the book, about how often did the more "competent" looking candidate win in the 2004 senate races?
70% of the time
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The observation "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a duck" illustrates the method of ________.
convergent validation
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When Sam argues that all interpretations of reality are equally accurate, he is advocating the _____ philosophical position
constructivist
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About 1 person in ___ considers him/herself to be chronically shy.
4
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What does recent research suggest about the validity of first impressions?
First impressions based on configural properties of faces may have some validity
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A judge may see a target's behavior, pay attention to the behavior, and use the behavior in his or her judgment about the target's personality. However, for the personality judgment to be accurate, the ________.
observed behavior must be relevant to the trait being judged
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What is a situation that illustrates converging criteria that could be used to establish the accuracy of a personality judgment?
You always show up to work on time, and your colleagues say that you are dependable and conscientious.
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In making an overall judgment of your personality, which person should be most accurate?
a lifelong best friend
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