Chapter 6
Because many of the films that Ellyn and Maria are casting for have very specific needs, Ellyn and Maria use which of the following concepts when looking for the right actor to fill a role?
Bounded rationality
A number of factors shape and sometimes distort perception. These factors can reside in the perceiver; in the target being perceived; or in the situation. Which of these situations occurred in the video and is an example of the perceiver having a preconceived idea?
Foreign producers insist on a certain "look" for what an American should look like.
________ refers to the tendency of people to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
Halo effect
Although Maria and Ellyn primarily focus in on __________ actors and productions for casting, they represent a number of different cultural perspectives and film roles.
Latina
A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity is known as ________.
bounded rationality
Attribution theory suggests that when we observe an individual's behavior, we attempt to determine whether it was internally or externally caused. That determination, however, depends largely on three factors. Which of the following is one of these three factors?
consistency
If a person responds to a particular situation in the same way over a long time period, then the attribution theory states that the behavior demonstrates ________.
consistency
In order to work together well, Maria and Ellyn focused in on each other's __________.
perceptions
Maria and Ellyn avoid allowing their perceptions to lead to stereotyping by ____________.
reading the script and reviewing resumes
Which of the following terms refers to a situation in which a person inaccurately perceives another person and the resulting expectations cause the other person to behave in ways consistent with the original perception?
self-fulfilling prophecy
The text says that we need to use stereotyping to deal with the unmanageable number of stimuli of our complex world. However, problems occur when we generalize inaccurately or too much. What did Maria and Ellyn say about the stereotypes they see on TV?
It's business as usual. In other words, it's common in the TV world.
