So, You Are One of Them Lab
(Video Activity: Interpersonal Attraction: Clothes Make the Man) Using a 10-point scale, observers' judgments of Peter's attractiveness change from an average of __________ on the first day to an average of __________ on the second day
3.4; 5.8
(Video Activity: Interpersonal Attraction: Clothes Make the Man) Past research indicates that men's __________ significantly impacts women's judgments of them
Ability to provide resources
Hindsight Bias
Assuming the victim of bad events should have expected what was coming
Just World Phenomenon
Believing that people get what they deserve, justifying prejudice against the unfortunate
Categorization
Classifying people into groups, which often leads to steryotyping
(Video Activity: Interpersonal Attraction: Clothes Make the Man) This program examines how a difference in __________ can affect social judgments
Clothing
Scapegoating
Coping with anger or frustration by blaming others for negative events or our own failures
Group Identification
Developing favoritism toward people like us and prejudice toward the outgroup
Social Inequalities
Developing prejudices against those of a lower status to justify keeping things as they are
Vivid Cases
Forming attitudes toward a category of people based on the most memorable examples
(Video Activity: Whom Do We Help?) The researcher suggests that passersby may have assumed that the male victim was:
Homeless and drunk
(Video Activity: Whom Do We Help?) The researcher suggests that we may be more likely to help females than males because we:
May believe there is more we can do for females