In Their Discussion of the Implications of Their Study of Social

question 5

Multiple Choice

In their discussion of the implications of their study of social perception, Snyder et al. maintain that most research and theory in social perception has focused on how people process information and has neglected:

• A) how people help to create or construct the information they process.
• B) the predictive power of personality traits.
• C) the link between physical attractiveness and personality traits.
• D) the importance of beliefs about the self in determining people's behavior.

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