This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jasper is an Instagram influencer. His profile is full of depictions of socially desirable content. Several companies send him free products to post on his page. The companies are taking advantage of his ..... power. A) Legitimate. B) Reward. C) Informational. D) Referent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Referent. 2. While looking through a pile of applications, Rosa decided to interview only the applicants who had a college degree even though the job did not require one. Rosa is demonstrating her ..... Attitude towards college graduates and her refusal to read the non-university graduate applications could be considered ..... A) Discriminatory; prejudicial. B) Prejudicial; discriminatory. C) Stereotypical; prejudicial. D) Prejudicial; stereotypical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prejudicial; discriminatory. 3. Which factor BEST explains why people give up their train seat for elderly/pregnant people? A) Social reciprocity norm. B) Mood. C) All of these. D) Social responsibility norm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social responsibility norm. 4. Our experience of an emotion is the result of the arousal we experience. This statement is consistent with: A) James-Lange Theory of Emotion. B) Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion. C) Schacter & Singers' Theory of Emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James-Lange Theory of Emotion. 5. This is the branch of psychology that studies the habits of consumers in the marketplace. A) Marketing. B) Advertising. C) Consumer psychology. D) Consumer ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consumer psychology. 6. True or falsePeople can make their schemas come true by the way they treat others. That's an example of embodied cognition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What type of social comparison do people use if they want a self-esteem boost? A) Downward. B) Upward. C) Lateral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Downward. 8. ..... ARE SIMPLE WAYS OF THINKING A) BEHAVIOUR. B) VALUES. C) OPINIONS. D) ATTITUDE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OPINIONS. 9. First impressions are weighted more heavily than subsequent information during impression formation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. In the ABC model of attitudes, which one relates to the actions? A) Affective Component. B) Behavioral Component. C) Cognitive Component. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral Component. 11. The discomfort we feel when our attitudes are not in line with our actions is called A) Self Serving Bias. B) Attitude Adjustment. C) Cognitive dissonance. D) Behavioral Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognitive dissonance. 12. These leaders are skilled at getting group goals accomplished efficiently. A) Task-oriented. B) Relationship-oriented. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Task-oriented. 13. Can attitudes change over time? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 14. When a male employer views his female employees as a less important group, with the role of the male employees having higher value, then there is likely to be sustained prejudice because A) There is no equality of status. B) Females will use old fashioned prejudice in the workplace. C) The employer is indirectly discriminating against female employees. D) The male and female employees will not have a common goal to work toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is no equality of status. 15. People evaluate themselves in relation to others. A) Social Comparisons. B) Reference Groups. C) Downward Social Comparison. D) Relative Deprivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Comparisons. 16. True or FalseAccommodation happens when we encounter opposite information. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. This compliance technique involves asking for a large commitment and being refused, and then asking for a smaller commitment. A) Foot-in-the-door technique. B) The door-in-the-face technique. C) The low-ball technique. D) The that's-not-all technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The door-in-the-face technique. 18. What are attitudes defined as? A) Indifferent evaluations of people, objects, and situations. B) Neutral evaluations of people, objects, and situations. C) Unfavourable evaluations of people, objects, and situations. D) Favourable evaluations of people, objects, and situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Favourable evaluations of people, objects, and situations. 19. All people have a tendency to be cognitive misers A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. This is the scientific study of how behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the real, imagined or implied presence of others. A) Social Psychology. B) Social Conformity. C) Social Cognition. D) Social Influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Psychology. 21. This is the process of explaining the behavior of tohers as well as one's behavior. A) Social influence. B) Attribution. C) Social interaction. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attribution. 22. Which of the following is not one of the elements that distinguish automatic from deliberate processes? A) Awareness. B) Relevance. C) Efficiency. D) Effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relevance. 23. What are superordinate goals? A) Goals that society need to ensure that happiness is maintained for the common man. B) Shared goals. C) Goals that increase the competition between conflicting groups. D) Goals that help humanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shared goals. 24. What does the proverb "you can't judge a book by its cover" imply in the context of person perception? A) Physical appearance is the only important characteristic. B) People cannot change their first impressions. C) First impressions are always accurate. D) First impressions are not necessarily accurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First impressions are not necessarily accurate. 25. The three components of the tri-component model of attitudes include: A) Affective, Behavioural & Cognitive. B) Affective, Behaviour, component. C) Attribution, behaviour, component. D) Attribution, Behavioural & Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affective, Behavioural & Cognitive. 26. Four factors in changing attitudes are A) Source, message, audience, and channel. B) Source, presentation, audience, and presenter. C) Message, audience, communication, and channel. D) Message, audience, channel, and presenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source, message, audience, and channel. 27. The tendency to explain our own successes to dispositional causes and our failures to situational causes-in order to protect our self-esteem. A) Social Cognition. B) Cognitive Selfishness. C) Self-serving Bias. D) Situational Attribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-serving Bias. 28. A newer employee avoids being late to work after seeing a co-worker fired for being late .This is an example of A) Learning attitudes through modelling. B) Learning attitudes through association. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning attitudes through modelling. 29. Acting on a prejudice is called A) Compliance. B) Generalization. C) Discrimination. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrimination. 30. Sam takes a match winning shot at goal in the final seconds of the match and misses. He blames it on the slippery floor that caused loss of traction just as he released the ball. This is an example of A) Saliency bias. B) Actor-observer bias. C) Self-serving bias. D) Person perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-serving bias. 31. What is a cognitive component of attitude towards reading books? A) Believing reading enhances knowledge. B) Joining book clubs. C) Experiencing joy while reading. D) Regularly setting aside time to read books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believing reading enhances knowledge. 32. Charitha is filled with dread and decides not to go to camp. This best reflects the A) Affect heuristic. B) Availability heuristic. C) Anchoring heuristic. D) Representative heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect heuristic. 33. Social researchers often find that behaviours are not easily predicted from feelings a person expresses. This is because ..... A) People usually lie when asked to express their feelings. B) General behaviours cannot be predicted from specific feelings. C) General feelings cannot predict specific behaviours. D) Feelings and behaviours are unrelated to attitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General feelings cannot predict specific behaviours. 34. What are the three components of the tri-component model of attitudes? A) Affective, behavioral, and cognitive. B) Emotional, physical, and mental. C) Positive, negative, and neutral. D) Internal, external, and environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affective, behavioral, and cognitive. 35. What are first impressions primarily based on? A) Social media profiles. B) Verbal communication. C) Physical cues. D) Written communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical cues. 36. Which definition best describes the term stereotype A) Where some people who have less money cannot participate in as many sports. B) Where some people cannot take part in sport due to having a physical condition. C) Where people from specific backgrounds are pushed towards or away from certain activities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where people from specific backgrounds are pushed towards or away from certain activities. 37. Which is the best example of SSB (Self Serving Bias) A) Assuming that my success on a test was because I am intelligent while another person's success is due to luck. B) Assuming that my success on a test was because I am lucky while another person's success is due to their intelligence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assuming that my success on a test was because I am intelligent while another person's success is due to luck. 38. Peter publicly displays an anti-immigrant attitude because he thinks that immigrants could compete against limited jobs available from citizens within the country. Which type of stereotypes is this? A) Blatant Stereotype. B) Ambivalent stereotype. C) Subtle stereotype. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blatant Stereotype. 39. Stereotype refers to A) Blind discrimination of things. B) Simplified assumption about a group based on prior assumptions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simplified assumption about a group based on prior assumptions. 40. Solomon Asch's experiment with lines was about A) Social status. B) Conformity. C) Obedience. D) Compliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conformity. 41. What is the problem that comes with making predictions called? A) Schema. B) Affective forecasting. C) Hot cognition. D) Effective forecasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affective forecasting. 42. How can personal biases affect our perceptions? A) They can make our perceptions more accurate. B) They can lead to incomplete understandings of others. C) They have no effect on our perceptions. D) They always improve our social connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can lead to incomplete understandings of others. 43. Social cognitions are made up of: A) Perceptions and attributions. B) Positive and negative attitudes and stereotypes. C) Prejudice and discrimation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. The expression 'I hate country music' is an example of which of the components (tri-component model) A) Behavioural. B) Cognitive. C) Affective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affective. 45. Research and eliminating ethnic prejudice has shown: A) Peo not work to change their behaviours when made aware of their negative beliefs. B) Stereotypes are well learned and can be activated without conscious awareness. C) Aversive racism is not as prevalent as previously believed. D) I easy to prime prejudiced and unprejudiced people for negative stereotypes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotypes are well learned and can be activated without conscious awareness. 46. Rita begins liking history in grade 10 because of her liking for the teacher who teaches the subject in a very interesting manner .rita has learned this positive attitude for the subject through ..... A) Norms. B) Reward and punishment. C) Modelling. D) Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Association. 47. The tendency to overestimate the degree to which internal causes (dispositions) have an impact on another person's behavior-while at the same time minimizing the possible influence of situational causes A) Dispositional Attribution. B) Bias. C) Fundamental Attribution Error. D) Situational Attribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fundamental Attribution Error. 48. The Stanford prison experiments can be scrutinised for not following ethical guidelines. However, Zimbardo argues it was both ethical and unethical. He argues that participants, among other things, were informed of the roles that they could be assigned to and that their rights would be suspended if they were given the role of prisoners. In explaining this, Zimbardo ensured A) Informed consent. B) Voluntary withdrawal. C) Confidentiality. D) No deception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informed consent. 49. What two dimensions are described in the Bivalentstructure of emotions by Watson and Tellegen? A) Positive Affect and Negative Affect. B) Pleasantness-Unpleasantness. C) Engagement-Disengagement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Affect and Negative Affect. 50. Informasi yang berkaitan pada diri akan meninggalkan jejak memori yang lebih bervariasi, bertahan lama, dan mendalam adalah pengertian dari? A) Skema Diri. B) Proyeksi sosial. C) Verifikasi Diri. D) Referensi diri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Referensi diri. 51. Siapakah Tokoh yang mencetuskan pertama kali tentang Self-Discrepancy Theory? A) Taylor & Fiske. B) Higgins. C) Mortimer et al. D) Kurt Lewin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higgins. 52. A strong attitude tends to be personally relevant and have a strong underlying emotional component A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. What system is mainly responsible for the cognitive errors that people make? A) Primary system. B) Deliberate system. C) Secondary system. D) Automatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Automatic system. 54. This compliance technique involves the persuader makes an offer and then adds something extra to make the offer look better before the target person can make a decision. A) Foot-in-the-door technique. B) The door-in-the-face technique. C) The low-ball technique. D) The that's-not-all technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The that's-not-all technique. 55. An initial impression by someone elicits behaviorin another that confirms the impression. A) Self-fulfilling Prophecy. B) Social Perception. C) Schemas. D) Social Identity Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-fulfilling Prophecy. 56. Mr Burke has a number of students from different nationalities in his class. To reduce prejudice amongst the class he sorts them into small groups who must work collectively to achieve an outcome. Mr Burke is using ..... A) Mutual interdependence. B) Cognitive Interventions. C) Equality. D) Sustained contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutual interdependence. 57. Leo wants to go out on a date with his new girlfriend, however he had made plans with his best mate for his birthday but knows the girlfriend will get mad at not speak to him if he doesn't take her out. Leo is experiencing what psychological concept? A) Cognitive dissonance. B) Attribution theory. C) Cognitive deception. D) Social loafing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive dissonance. 58. What do schemas help us do? A) Forget important details. B) Organize incoming information from the social world. C) Avoid making decisions. D) Create chaos in our minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organize incoming information from the social world. 59. Pengetahuan seseorang tentang dirinya sendiri atau keyakinan kolektif tentang diri, adalah ..... A) Self-Concept. B) Self-Esteem. C) Self-Confidence. D) Self-Schema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-Concept. 60. This is changing one's behavior at the direct order of an authority figure. A) Social infuence. B) Conformity. C) Compliance. D) Obedience. 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