This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Person perception is: A) The process of forming ideas about others. B) The ideas or concepts that help us to organise information into categories or groups. C) Not influenced by appearance. D) Unbiased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of forming ideas about others. 2. Which of the following statements is true about stereotypes? A) A stereotype is a positive evaluation towards an object or person. B) A stereotype is a negative evaluation towards an object or person. C) Stereotypes can be limiting and insulting. D) Stereotypes reduce prejudice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stereotypes can be limiting and insulting. 3. Another word for attitude change is ..... A) Changing attitudes. B) Attitude readjustment. C) Persuasion. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasion. 4. The self serving bias attributes causes to who's behavior? A) Someone else. B) Oneself. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oneself. 5. What is the commonly used definition of an attitude in psychology? A) An evaluation a person makes about an object, person, group, event, or issue. B) A physical reaction to an external stimulus. C) A genetic predisposition to certain behaviors. D) A random thought process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An evaluation a person makes about an object, person, group, event, or issue. 6. Identify the correct sequence of situational factors. A) Taking responsibility, noticing, interpreting. B) Noticing, taking responsibility, interpreting. C) Noticing, interpreting, taking responsibility. D) Interpreting, noticing, taking responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noticing, interpreting, taking responsibility. 7. Which of the following statements about the affect heuristic is correct? A) The affect heuristic involves using cognitive strategies to make decisions. B) The affect heuristic involves using learned behaviours to make decisions. C) The affect heuristic involves using emotions to make decisions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The affect heuristic involves using emotions to make decisions. 8. Mengetahui nama-nama ibukota, merupakan contoh dari ingatan ..... A) Working Memory. B) Procedural Memory. C) Semantic Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantic Memory. 9. Our belief of who we are. A) Self-concept. B) Self-esteem. C) Social comparisons. D) Reference groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-concept. 10. The strategy of judging the likelihood of things by how well they match what we expect constitutes which heuristic? A) Vividness. B) Representativeness. C) Matching. D) Availability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representativeness. 11. Which of the following is not a way to reduce the fundamental attribution error? A) Think of how you would react if you were in their shoes. B) Being empathetic/sympathetic. C) People are cognitive misers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are cognitive misers. 12. Which neural regions are correctly matched with the brain regions? A) FEAR-TEMPORAL POLE. B) SADNESS-AMYGDALA. C) DISGUST-PFC. D) ANGER-OFC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ANGER-OFC. 13. Mental frameworks for organizing and processing social information are known as ..... A) Heuristics. B) Schemas. C) Anchoring frameworks. D) Affective states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schemas. 14. The term "cognitive load" refers to ..... A) The strength displayed by a schema in activating memories. B) The amount of mental effort we are expending at a given time. C) The relatively rational and orderly process used in making social cognitions. D) The number of heuristics we are using at a given time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of mental effort we are expending at a given time. 15. Gilbert et al. assessed the neural responses of participants when they were engaged in stereotyping and evaluative / prejudicial thoughts. Which of these statements would assess a person's stereotyping processes when comparing black and white males. A) Who is more interested in cars?. B) Who is more likely to be a friend?. C) Who appears more aggressive?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who is more interested in cars?. 16. Rule of thumb where people base judgments on how easy it is to bring to mind is ..... A) Availability heuristics. B) Judgmental heuristics. C) Representativeness heuristics. D) Automatic pilot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Availability heuristics. 17. An essential feature of an attitude is that it involves A) An opinion. B) An evaluation. C) Prejudice. D) Behaviour that can be observes either directly or indirectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An evaluation. 18. FAE attributes behavior to which type of cause? A) Dispositional. B) Situational. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dispositional. 19. Fill in the blanks:An evaluation refers to a judgement being made, either ..... , ..... or ..... about some specific aspect of our lives and the world in which we live. A) Positive, negative or neutral. B) Negative, positive or uninterested. C) Neutral, negative or favourable. D) Favourable, negative or positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive, negative or neutral. 20. After conditioning, the previously neutral stimulus becomes the ..... A) Learnt Stimulus. B) Conditioned Stimulus. C) Unconditioned Stimulus. D) Conditioned Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioned Stimulus. 21. Basic background knowledge based on past experience that helps us understand new information. A) Social Perception. B) Schemas. C) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. D) Relative Deprivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schemas. 22. Simple rules for making complex decisions or drawing inferences are known as ..... A) Heuristics. B) Automaticity. C) Anchoring and adjustment. D) Schemas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heuristics. 23. This is when the performance of an individual on a relatively difficult task is negatively affected by the presence of others. A) Social facilitation. B) Social loafing. C) Social impairment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social impairment. 24. How are attitudes formed through interaction with others? A) Direct contact. B) Direct instruction. C) Observational learning. D) Interaction with others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interaction with others. 25. What are central traits? A) Traits that dominate someone's life. B) Traits that influence perception of other traits. C) Traits linked only to negative behavior. D) Traits ignored during impression formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traits that influence perception of other traits. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 9Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 10Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books