Exam 7: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency

Another term for social learning is instrumental learning .

Gilbert is five years old and believes that his recent tooth loss means getting a gift from the "tooth fairy". His older sister however, laughs at him every time he talks about what he might receive as a gift. This is an example of Gilbert's "deliberate system" of thought in action.

Who is the most likely to be anxious, depressed, and/or low in self-esteem? ​

Research on post-trauma coping indicates that one of the worst possible things-in terms of predicting post-trauma recovery-is for people to ____. ​

Suppose that you are watching a television commercial advertising a new car. The commercial's spokesperson is raving about how smooth the ride is and going bananas over what a great deal the car is. If you are half-asleep while watching the commercial, how will your automatic system process the claims?

In distinguishing between beliefs and attitudes, it is useful to recognize that beliefs help people ____ while attitudes help people ____. ​

Whether a person plans to perform a behavior in question refers to ___.

________________ is a term that expresses the view that people live in social worlds based on their assumptions about how things operate.

Dr. Cross conducts a study in which she repeatedly exposes Lucy to a neutral object (a small painting). The study is neither enjoyable nor painful for Lucy. Assuming that Lucy had a neutral attitude toward the painting at the beginning of the study, how should we expect her to feel about the painting by the end of the study? ​

Research on gender differences in sex-related attitudes and behaviors indicates that ____ show relatively more attitude-behavior consistency and that this is largely owing to the fact that ____.

Dylan has a new girlfriend whom he really likes. He programs his cell phone so that every time his girlfriend calls, his phone plays the new Justin Timberlake single. After he has had his phone programmed this way for a little while, he notices that he feels happy whenever he hears the Justin Timberlake song. What is the best term for the role of the Justin Timberlake song?

Alex just bought a car last month and it is already having major mechanical problems. In which of the following cases is Alex least likely to experience cognitive dissonance?

Social psychologist John Bargh has stated that "we have yet to find something the mind regards with complete impartiality, without at least a mild judgment of liking or disliking." He was referring to ____.

Possessing an attitude about something increases ____ of decision making.

When advertisers need to help sell a low-quality product, they often make ads that use loud music and distracting images (as opposed to ads that explicitly and straightforwardly discuss the features of the product). This is probably a good strategy because it is likely to foster ____ processing of the ad's claims and in turn to ____.

According to cognitive dissonance theory, discrepancies between attitudes and behaviors produce ____.

The pressure to maintain consistency among beliefs and behaviors is ____.

Research has demonstrated that people are more likely to imitate behaviors if they have seen others rewarded for performing those behaviors, and less likely to imitate behaviors if they have seen others punished for performing those behaviors. This type of learning is known as ____. ​

According to cognitive dissonance theory, if Selena has just volunteered to give a presentation to her classmates about the importance of practicing safe sex at all times, then-at least in the immediate future-what best describes her likely behavior?

Research suggests that the abstract categories of "good" and "bad" are ____.