1. While culture has a great deal to do with our perception, it is understood that a person’s mood and
tolerance to stress do not.
2. A common perceptual tendency is to assume that others are similar to us.
3. The text argues that an ailment may have a strong impact on how you relate to others.
4. True empathy requires that you agree with the other person’s opinions.
5. Identical foods can actually taste different to various individuals.
6. Sensory data can be different to different people.
7. We are influenced more by subtle stimuli rather than obvious ones.
8. In our perceptions, we cling more strongly to first impressions, even when they are wrong.
9. In perceiving others, we usually blame their problems on their personal qualities rather than on
factors outside them.
10. It’s simply impossible to be aware of everything, no matter how attentive we may be.
11. Since stimuli that are intense often attract our attention, we’re more likely to remember extremely
talkative people than those who are quiet.
12. Unchanging people or things become less noticeable, and thus occupy less of our attention than
those that change.
13. Selection is an objective process.
14. The sensory data we receive are the same for all of us; perceptual differences occur only after we
begin to process those data.
15. After using the “Pillow Method” you should typically conclude that the issue being considered is
not important enough to worry about.
16. The “halo effect” is a perceptual tendency which causes us to be more generous in our judgment of
ourselves over others.
17. People’s occupations have little bearing on their perception of the world.
18. Only women are affected by changes in mood.
19. The self-serving bias illustrates our tendency to judge others more charitably than ourselves.
20. Your text claims that there is nothing wrong with the generalizations we make, using our
organization constructs, as long as they are accurate.
21. Punctuation is the process of organizing a series of events to determine causes and effects.
22. According to your text, the world appears different to each of us.
23. Silence is valued over talk in most Asian cultures.
24. The three phases of perception (selection, organization, and interpretation) that take place in an
individual’s mind can occur in differing sequences, with one influencing another.
25. According to your text, unhappy spouses are more likely than happy ones to make negative
interpretations of their mates’ behavior.
26. Sympathy is the ability to experience the world from another’s point of view.
27. One way in which we organize our impressions of others is by appearance.
28. It is never appropriate to make a generalization.
29. Stereotyping occurs when generalizations lose touch with reality.
30. Whether you are happy or unhappy with a partner will affect how you interpret that partner’s
behavior.
31. The process whereby people influence each other’s perceptions and attempt to achieve a shared
perspective is called negotiation.
32. A shared relational narrative is the reason that some couples say they are happily married when the
facts would indicate otherwise.
33. The attitude that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures is called ethnocentrism.
34. The process of explaining people’s behavior is called assignation.
35. The skill of perception checking allows you to see if you are correct in your interpretation of
another’s behavior.
36. Perception checking can be a useful tool when you don’t want to embarrass or directly threaten
another person.
37. Position Four in the Pillow Method takes the perspective that the original issue should still be seen
as very important.
38. You have read positive reviews of your Chemistry instructor on a website. According to the text,
you are more likely to find this instructor credible and attractive.
39. Participating in events such as the Empathy Experiment described in your text is one way to build
empathy and increase cognitive complexity.
40. There is little difference between the terms sex and gender; they can be used interchangeably.
41. Studies suggest that the ability to empathize with others is hard-wired in our brains.
42. Parents should realize that preventing their children from experiencing and managing frustrating
events can help to increase their empathic concern for others later in life.
43. Studies suggest that cognitive complexity actually increases one’s chance of having satisfying
communication in a variety of contexts.
44. It’s possible to avoid stereotyping by attending to characteristics other than those that are obvious
of the group to which you assign someone.
45. The “Platinum Rule” is different from the “Golden Rule” in that it asks us to “do unto others as
they themselves would have done unto them.”
46. If your instructor expects you to do well in class, he/she will likely perceive your work differently
from those they expect to fail.
47. The perceptions of people who know you well will not be influenced by information on your
Facebook profile.
48. According to the text, there are no benefits to parents and children being “friends” on Facebook.
49. According to the text, an unintended consequence of parents over-monitoring their children’s
technology use is that it might lead them to be sneakier.
50. Studies have shown that sexual harassment complaints are rare today because most people agree on
their interpretations of what constitutes a “hostile work environment.”
51. If you are a person who tells others “like it is” because you believe such truth is helpful and
constructive, you will interpret similar behavior from others towards you the same way.
52. Studies show that judges who listen to singing performances with their backs turned and no prior
of the contestant almost always appraise the contestant the same way as judges who don’t.
53. Which of these statements is not accurate, according to the text?
a. Teenagers who don’t get enough food to eat are more likely to get in trouble at school and have
difficulty getting along with others.
b. You might perceive someone’s behavior differently when you are ill than you would when you
are healthy.
c. Lack of sleep can affect couple’s perceptions of each other, resulting in discord.
d. Identical foods may taste differently to different people.
e. Perception is not influenced by neurological or biological differences.
54. Which perceptual tendency is illustrated in the following example? Leah was trying to be helpful
when she told Eric he should wear pants that make him look less fat. However, when Eric told Leah
she should lay off the makeup because it makes her look “old,” she perceived his comment as
hurtful and mean.
a. We judge ourselves more charitably than others.
b. We cling to first impressions.
c. We are influenced by our expectations.
d. We are influenced by the obvious.
e. None of the above.
55. The concept of self-fulfilling prophecy relates best to which of these perceptual tendencies?
a. We judge ourselves more charitably than others.
b. We cling to first impressions.
c. We are influenced by our expectations.
d. We are influenced by the obvious.
e. We assume others are similar to us.
56. The Pillow Method is designed to
a. persuade someone to accept your viewpoint.
b. settle a dispute.
c. minimize an issue.
d. gain insight into another’s viewpoint.
e. punctuate the cause and effect of an argument.
57. The story in your text about six men from Indostan illustrates
a. the phenomenon called “culture shock.”
b. the way people tend to punctuate a series of events differently.
c. the “Pillow Method” applied to resolve a problem.
d. different interpretations depending on point of view.
e. self-serving bias.
58. All of the following would be included in a good definition of empathy except which one?
a. It involves taking the other’s perspective.
b. It includes concern for the other person.
c. It requires a sense of the other person’s feelings.
d. It can’t be totally achieved.
e. It requires that your opinions match those of the other person.
59. A perception check includes
a. a description of the behavior you have noticed.
b. two possible interpretations of the behavior.
c. a request for clarification about how to interpret the behavior correctly.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
60. What’s missing from this perception check? “When you didn’t do the grocery shopping today like
you usually do, I figured you weren’t feeling good or were mad at me.”
a. It doesn’t describe behavior.
b. It has only one interpretation.
c. It doesn’t request clarification.
d. It is too specific.
e. Nothing is missing from this perception check.
61. What’s missing from this perception check? “I figure you’re either upset with me or worried about
your test. Is it something like that?”
a. It doesn’t describe behavior.
b. It has only one interpretation.
c. It doesn’t request clarification.
d. It is too wordy.
e. Nothing is missing from this perception check.
62. What’s missing from this perception check? “When I saw you having lunch with Emily, I figured
you liked her more than me. What’s going on?”
a. It doesn’t describe behavior.
b. It has only one interpretation.
c. It doesn’t request clarification.
d. It is too wordy.
e. Nothing is missing from this perception check.
63. What’s missing from this perception check? “When you didn’t call me when you said you would, I
thought you might have forgotten or were mad at me. What happened?”
a. It doesn’t describe behavior.
b. It has only one interpretation.
c. It doesn’t request clarification.
d. It is too wordy.
e. Nothing is missing from this perception check.
64. How could you improve this perception-checking statement? “When you gave me an F on my
essay, I figured you hated me. Right?”
a. Describe behavior.
b. Give another interpretation.
c. Request clarification.
d. Say less.
e. It is great as a perception-checking statement just the way it is.
65. All of the following are physiological factors shaping perception except which one?
a. the senses
b. age and health
c. fatigue
d. ethnicity
e. hunger
66. The recognition of a “figure” as standing out from a “ground” of other stimuli takes place during
what phase of the perception process?
a. ideation
b. stimulation
c. verification
d. organization
e. sensation
67. All of the following perceptual factors influence the way we interpret behavior except which one?
a. relational satisfaction
b. assumptions about human behavior
c. androgynous style
d. past experience
e. expectations
68. Talk is viewed as desirable and useful for both task and social purposes in
a. Western culture.
b. Asian culture.
c. upper- and middle-class groups.
d. older people.
e. all of the above.
69. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. People agree about what smells good or bad.
b. People’s sensitivity to temperature varies significantly.
c. Odors that please some people repel others.
d. Men have mood cycles of ups and downs.
e. All of the above are true.
70. We notice some stimuli over others in our environment because they are
a. mild.
b. singular.
c. contrasting or changing.
d. related to modular communication.
71. The steps in the perception process are
a. initial, intermediate, final.
b. assumption, experience, expectation.
c. physical, psychological, experimental.
d. selection, organization, interpretation.
e. response, action, interaction.
72. In order to understand another person’s perception of a problem, it is necessary to
a. assume that person’s social role.
b. spend time in that person’s culture or subculture.
c. experience that person’s physiological differences.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
73. Empathy is related to perception in that
a. the more perceptive you are, the less empathetic you need be.
b. the more perceptive you are, the easier it is to forget to be empathetic.
c. empathy is facilitated by trying to perceive things from the other person’s point of view.
d. empathy and perception are both a result of self-fulfilling prophecies.
74. Armando made a poor first impression on Bianca as he first arrived, so throughout their evening
date, despite his pleasant behavior, Bianca continued to see him in an unfavorable light due to
a. her feelings of empathy.
b. the halo effect.
c. her punctuation of the events of the evening.
d. the narrative of the date.
e. physiological factors influencing Bianca’s perception.
75. All of the following are causes of inaccurate perception except
a. we cling to first impressions.
b. we’re influenced by what is most obvious.
c. we assume others are similar to us.
d. we rate ourselves more negatively than others see us.
e. we judge ourselves more charitably than others.
76. Being able to pick out your sister’s comments from a babble of voices at a party illustrates the
organizational principle of
a. figure-ground organization.
b. alternative patterning.
c. perceptual freezing.
d. selection of empathetic other.
e. attention to the irritating.
77. An effective perception checking statement
a. tends to have a better chance of working in a low-context culture.
b. requires that your words match your behavior.
c. doesn’t always require 3 parts.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
78. Shannon says that she works out in the evenings instead of the afternoons because Roger is always
late coming home from work. Roger says he doesn’t bother to rush home from work because
Shannon is always working out. This process of organizing the series of events in different ways is
called
a. punctuation.
b. interpretation.
c. perceptuation.
d. conjugation.
e. intrepidation.
79. The term that refers to men and women possessing a mixture of traits that have previously been
considered exclusively masculine or feminine is
a. chauvinistic.
b. adaptable.
c. rhetorically sensitive.
d. androgynous.
e. analogous.
80. Using the skill of perception checking will help prevent
a. negative self-fulfilling prophecies.
b. physiological noise.
c. inaccurate decoding of messages.
d. excessive feedback.
e. none of the above.
81. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a perceptual categorizing system are
a. role constructs.
b. self-judgments.
c. white lies.
d. subcultural translations.
e. stereotypes.
82. Phong is in the market for a new car and hopes to buy a Toyota Scion. It seems everywhere he goes