In Shelley Taylor and Susan Fiske's (1978) study on the effects of salience, observers sat near two actors who held a conversation. The results of this study showed that when observers were seated facing an actor, they tended to rate that person as being more _______ than the other actor.1 pointphysically attractive and desirable as a friendkind, compassionate, and generousinfluential, or causal, in shaping the conversationintelligent, knowledgeable, and educated

The ___________ actor was more interested in talking about himself than listening to others during the interviewselflessself-absorbedself-madeself-assuredNext

The tendency to focus attention on individuals who are conspicuously different from us is referred to as the _____ effect.

When our first impressions of someone's communicative behaviors seem to stick in our minds more than second or third impressions do, this principle is known as ______________.Multiple Choicethe recency effectstereotypesthe primacy effectperceptual sets

When physically attractive people are also assumed to be smarter and nicer, which perception distortion has occurred?Multiple Choicerecency effectstereotypinghalo effectself-serving bias

Gianni is visited by a new sales representative. Because he thinks she is attractive, he also sees her as more intelligent and knowledgeable than her peers. Of which type of unconscious bias is this an example?