This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 6 Attitude And Social Cognition Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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 Influence. C) Social Cognition. D) Social Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Psychology. 5. This is the process of explaining the behavior of tohers as well as one's behavior. A) Social influence. B) Social interaction. C) Attribution. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attribution. 6. Which of the following is not one of the elements that distinguish automatic from deliberate processes? A) Relevance. B) Efficiency. C) Effort. D) Awareness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relevance. 7. What are superordinate goals? A) Goals that help humanity. B) Goals that increase the competition between conflicting groups. C) Shared goals. D) Goals that society need to ensure that happiness is maintained for the common man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shared goals. 8. What does the proverb "you can't judge a book by its cover" imply in the context of person perception? A) First impressions are always accurate. B) First impressions are not necessarily accurate. C) Physical appearance is the only important characteristic. D) People cannot change their first impressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First impressions are not necessarily accurate. 9. The three components of the tri-component model of attitudes include: A) Attribution, behaviour, component. B) Affective, Behaviour, component. C) Affective, Behavioural & Cognitive. D) Attribution, Behavioural & Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affective, Behavioural & Cognitive. 10. 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. 11. 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) Situational Attribution. C) Self-serving Bias. D) Cognitive Selfishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-serving Bias. 12. 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. 13. Acting on a prejudice is called A) Stereotyping. B) Discrimination. C) Compliance. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 14. 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) Self-serving bias. B) Person perception. C) Actor-observer bias. D) Saliency bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-serving bias. 15. What is a cognitive component of attitude towards reading books? A) Experiencing joy while reading. B) Regularly setting aside time to read books. C) Believing reading enhances knowledge. D) Joining book clubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believing reading enhances knowledge. 16. Charitha is filled with dread and decides not to go to camp. This best reflects the A) Anchoring heuristic. B) Affect heuristic. C) Availability heuristic. D) Representative heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect heuristic. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. What are first impressions primarily based on? A) Physical cues. B) Verbal communication. C) Written communication. D) Social media profiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical cues. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. Solomon Asch's experiment with lines was about A) Conformity. B) Obedience. C) Social status. D) Compliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conformity. 25. What is the problem that comes with making predictions called? A) Effective forecasting. B) Affective forecasting. C) Schema. D) Hot cognition. 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