When People Form a General Impression About a Person on the Basis

question 100

Multiple Choice

When people form a general impression about a person on the basis of a single characteristic, such as intelligence, sociability or appearance, they are being influenced by ________.

• A)assumed similarity
• B)the contrast effect
• C)the halo effect
• D)selectivity
• E)stereotyping

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Definitions:

Scores

Quantitative measures or qualitative assessments used to represent an individual's performance, achievement, or capability in a specific domain.

Extreme

A condition, situation, or attribute that is far beyond the norm or average, often used in psychological studies to describe outlier behaviors or conditions.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, including the mean, median, and mode as common examples.

Household Incomes

The total income earned by all members of a household, encompassing all financial sources.