This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following behaviours best indicates old-fashioned prejudice? A) Making negative comments about the sexual preferences of a male nurse. B) Being unconcerned about the appointment of a female to a position not traditionally held by females. C) Publicly expressing a view that all people should have equal rights. D) Publicly expressing a view that all people should have equal rights, but privately being against equal rights for all people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making negative comments about the sexual preferences of a male nurse. 2. When people engage in sad emotion what is the decision making style that they will engage in? A) Make decision based on their emotion. B) Asking others and use their answer to make decision. C) Use spontaneous decision making. D) More careful and deliberate longer over decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More careful and deliberate longer over decisions. 3. The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to: A) Accurately assess situational and dispositional factors. B) Overemphasize situational causes of behavior. C) Overestimate dispositional causes of others' behavior. D) Ignore all causal explanations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overestimate dispositional causes of others' behavior. 4. This is an explanation of behavior based on the internal personality characteristics of the person being observed. A) Situational cause. B) Personal cause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal cause. 5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of discrimination? A) Involves social disapproval of a group or individual. B) Involves having a negative attitude towards a group or an individual. C) Involves negative behaviour aimed at those individuals. D) Involves having a negative attitude towards a group or an individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involves social disapproval of a group or individual. 6. ..... focuses on the ways in which people think about other people and how those cognitions influence behavior toward those other people. A) Social Cognition. B) Cognitive Dissonance. C) Impression Formation. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Cognition. 7. Based on the stereotype content model, which stereotype exhibits low status and low competitiveness: A) Contemptuous Stereotype. B) Admiration. C) Paternalistic Stereotype. D) Envious Stereotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemptuous Stereotype. 8. Strong attitudes are ..... likely to influence behaviour. A) More. B) Less. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More. 9. What is the concept that best describe the following statement?Mental process activated by desires and feelings A) Hot cognition. B) Representativeness heuristics. C) Embodied cognition. D) Mental schemas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot cognition. 10. Structure of Attitudes is explained by the ABC Model which stands for ..... A) Affective, Behaviour, Comparisons. B) Attitude, Bi-directional, Cognition. C) Attitude, Behaviour, Cognition. D) Affective, Behaviour, Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affective, Behaviour, Cognition. 11. People's attitudes ALWAYS align with their behaviour. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What influences what schemas we use? A) Accessibility. B) Knowledge. C) Contiguity. D) Accomodation. E) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessibility. 13. Claire and Peter have been working for the same employer for 10 years doing the same job. Claire earns $ 7, 000 less than Peter. This is an example of: A) Stereotype. B) Prejudice. C) Discrimination. D) Judgement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrimination. 14. John believes that planes are more dangerous than cars. What might the availability heuristic tell us about John? A) John has a phobia of planes. B) John has probably seen vivid news stories about plane crashes. C) John's parents are more likely to be afraid of planes. D) John hasn't been in a car accident before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John has probably seen vivid news stories about plane crashes. 15. Tom was voted as captain of his class, Luke said it was because there were no other candidates. This is an example of A) Personal attribution. B) Prejudice. C) Discrimination. D) Situational attribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational attribution. 16. What is attribution in social cognition? A) Avoiding the causes of behavior. B) Creating random causes for behavior. C) Ignoring the causes of behavior. D) Understanding the causes of behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understanding the causes of behavior. 17. Punishment and reinforcements are examples of which learning theory? A) Classical Conditioning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) Social Learning Theory. D) Repeated Exposure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant Conditioning. 18. People's greater fear of flying than of driving can probably best be explained by which heuristic? A) Representativeness. B) Simulation. C) Anchoring and adjustment. D) Availability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Availability. 19. Which of the following dimensions have been used to characterise people's affective responses? A) Pleasentness. B) Engagement. C) Positive affect. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. What is an Outgroup? A) Holding a negative attitude towards the members of a group, based solely on their membership of that group. B) Any group you do not belong to or identify with. C) Any group that you belong to or identify with. D) Collection of beliefs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any group you do not belong to or identify with. 21. Our attitudes will predict our behavior if? A) The attitudes are unrelated to central values. B) We feel anxious or insecure. C) We are made aware of social norms. D) As we act, we are conscious of our attitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As we act, we are conscious of our attitudes. 22. Joe has been earning $ 1 million a year, starring in a television show, and is the highest paid actress on that network. However, several actors on other shows, less highly rated than hers, make 5 million a year. To keep from resenting the situation she should: A) Work harder. B) Change her reference group. C) Complain privately ro her friends. D) Complain publicly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change her reference group. 23. Which bias relates to our tendency to pay attention to some things and ignore others, thereby limiting our options? A) Attentional bias. B) Anchoring bias. C) Functional fixedness. D) Actor-observer bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attentional bias. 24. Ingatan yang meliputi bagaimana seseorang melakukan sesuatu, biasanya otomatis dan tahan akan lupa. Yaitu ..... A) Working Memory. B) Procedural Memory. C) Semantic Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural Memory. 25. The ways in which we interpret, analyze, remember, and use information about the social world are known as ..... A) Encoding. B) Automatic processing. C) Social cognition. D) Schemas. 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