This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > 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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is one of the factors that can facilitate attitude change? A) Source. B) Message. C) Target. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. 'All thin people don't eat' is an example of a A) Prejudice. B) Discrimination. C) Person perception. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stereotyping. 3. None of Kai's friends receive a Christmas card from him. His friend Nick thinks that there must be a problem with the post. Another friend of Kai's, Nathan, believes that Kai is disorganised and probably forgot to post them. These different judgements about the situation are known as A) Attributions. B) Appearances. C) Stereotypes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attributions. 4. Developing racist attitudes through watching and listening to a parent's expression of racist comments within the family environment is best explained by A) Genetics. B) Social learning processes. C) Classical conditioning processes. D) Operant conditioning processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social learning processes. 5. Affective refers to A) Feelings and emotions. B) Actions. C) Beliefs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feelings and emotions. 6. What is the correct order of factors influencing prejudice according to the causal model? A) Social structure > emotions > images > behaviour. B) Images > emotions > social structure > behaviour. C) Emotions > social structure > images > behaviour. D) Social structure > Images > Emotions > Behaviour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social structure > Images > Emotions > Behaviour. 7. When we make an external attribution, what do we often assume? A) That most people would respond the same way in that situation. B) That the behavior is due to personal characteristics. C) That the behavior is due to genetic factors. D) That the behavior is due to random chance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That most people would respond the same way in that situation. 8. How many distinct categories of emotions did Cowen and Keltner identify? A) 25. B) 26. C) 27. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 27. 9. An attitude is more likely to predict behaviour when the attitude is A) Formed in a social context. B) Strongly held. C) Under perceived control. D) Learned through cognitive intervention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strongly held. 10. ..... IS/ARE COMPONENT[S] OF ATTITUDES. A) VALENCE. B) EXTREMENESS. C) COMPLEXITY/SIMPLICITY. D) CENTRALITY. E) ALL OF THEM. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) ALL OF THEM. 11. What is Old Fashioned Prejudice? A) It is a form of prejudice in which members of the majority group openly reject minority group members and their views towards the minority group are obvious and recognisable to others. B) It is a form of prejudice which is more subtle, hidden and expressed in ways more likely to be accepted within the majority group. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a form of prejudice in which members of the majority group openly reject minority group members and their views towards the minority group are obvious and recognisable to others. 12. Why does contact between groups work to reduce prejudice? A) It just works and research cannot explain why. B) Through mere exposure, people tend to come to like one another regardless of the circumstances. C) Contact provides more information about the other group, helping the groups to see the similarities between them. D) Contact promotes the illusion that members of a group are all alike. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact provides more information about the other group, helping the groups to see the similarities between them. 13. The statement 'All obese people eat too much' is an example of A) Prejudice. B) Discrimination. C) Person perception. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stereotyping. 14. Which of the following characteristics is most likely to influence a first impression when meeting someone? A) Physical appearance. B) Speech content. C) Personality. D) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical appearance. 15. What is the halo effect? A) The tendency to judge a person based on their worst behavior. B) The influence of a person's positive characteristics on our overall impression of them. C) The process of explaining someone's behavior based on external factors. D) The silent language of non-verbal communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The influence of a person's positive characteristics on our overall impression of them. 16. Attributing someone's behaviour to their psychological state is an example of an A) Internal attribution. B) External attribution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal attribution. 17. Which route of persuasion should be used when an issue is PERSONALLY relevant to an audience? A) Central. B) Peripheral. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central. 18. What can lead to flawed judgments in person perception? A) Sufficient and reliable information. B) Limited and misleading information. C) Complete and accurate information. D) Unbiased and objective information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limited and misleading information. 19. In Classical Conditioning the NS (neutral stimulus) is paired with which stimulus? A) Conditioned Stimulus. B) Learnt Stimulus. C) Unconditioned Stimulus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditioned Stimulus. 20. Ben believes that 'all P-plate drivers are hoons'. Ben'sstatement is an example of A) False-consensus bias. B) Affect heuristic. C) Stereotyping. D) The behavioural component of an attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stereotyping. 21. Perbaikan diri (self-improvement) dapat didorong oleh: A) Social downward comparison & kritik. B) Social upward comparison & self-focus. C) Social upward comparison & social downward comparison. D) Social upward comparison & kritik. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social upward comparison & kritik. 22. Discrimination is best described as ..... A) A positive action to support someone in a minority group. B) A negative action against someone in a minority group. C) Either a positive or a negative action towards someone in a minority group. D) Stereotyping all individuals in a minority group whilst overlooking individual differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either a positive or a negative action towards someone in a minority group. 23. Carmen is out shopping for work clothes. In the first store she visits, she sees a T-shirt that costs $ 1200. In another store, she sees a second shirt that costs $ 100 and purchases it because she believes the second shirt is a good deal. This is an example of: A) Attentional bias. B) Anchoring bias. C) Functional fixedness. D) Actor-observer bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anchoring bias. 24. A student has very strong and negative feelings towards their Psychology Teacher. They express these feelings openly with their friends, however, when the student goes to class, they are very respectful towards the teacher and smile at them. This is an example of: A) Attitude strength. B) Attitude accessibility. C) Social situation. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social situation. 25. A disadvantage of social categorisation is that A) There isn't enough time to get to know everyone you meet. B) It helps you multitask. C) It can lead to errors of judgement, stereotyping and discrimination against the people you meet. D) It's difficult to observe people to make social categorisations. 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