Question 1

What is the best-known attribution bias?

Accepted Answer

A)  False consensus bias 
B)  Actor-observer bias 
C)  Correspondence bias 
D)  Stereotype 
A)  False consensus bias 
B)  Actor-observer bias 
C)  Correspondence bias 
D)  Stereotype

Question 2

How is the tendency for chronic self-awareness called?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How is the tendency for chronic self-awareness...

Question 3

What does 'locus' refer to in Weiner's (1986) attribution theory?

Accepted Answer

Locus refers to whet

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the three dimensions that are tapped by our judgements of a broad range of objects according to Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum (1957)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evaluation 
B)  Power 
C)  Warmth 
D)  Activity 
A)  Evaluation 
B)  Power 
C)  Warmth 
D)  Activity

Question 5

What, according to Gordon Allport (1935), were 'the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary American social psychology'?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What, according to Gordon Allport (1935), were...

Question 6

What is one of the main problems associated with behavioural priming effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are rarely replicated. 
B)  They are difficult to obtain. 
C)  They have raised many ethical concerns. 
D)  It is difficult to control for other variables which may influence the occurrence of the same effects. 
A)  They are rarely replicated. 
B)  They are difficult to obtain. 
C)  They have raised many ethical concerns. 
D)  It is difficult to control for other variables which may influence the occurrence of the same effects.

Question 7

According to Ajzen and Fishbein (1977), attitudes are held and behaviours performed in relation to principles corresponding to the acronym TACT. What does the A stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Action 
B)  Assessment 
C)  Attitude 
D)  Activation 
A)  Action 
B)  Assessment 
C)  Attitude 
D)  Activation

Question 8

Which of the following terms does not correspond to one of the four principles defining how attitudes are held and behaviours performed according to the principle of correspondence (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Target 
B)  Action 
C)  Context 
D)  Tactic 
A)  Target 
B)  Action 
C)  Context 
D)  Tactic

Question 9

The ________ theory is based on the assumption that, because human beings are intelligent creatures, we are all painfully aware of our own mortality.

Accepted Answer

A)  mortality 
B)  human big awareness 
C)  terror management 
D)  fear of death 
A)  mortality 
B)  human big awareness 
C)  terror management 
D)  fear of death

Question 10

Social inferences based on heuristics consist of a careful and systematic processing of social information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Social cognition is a broad area of:

Accepted Answer

A)  social neuroscience 
B)  social identity theory 
C)  social psychology 
D)  cognitive neuropsychology 
A)  social neuroscience 
B)  social identity theory 
C)  social psychology 
D)  cognitive neuropsychology

Question 12

According to Kelley's (1967) attribution theory, if both the distinctiveness and the consensus of a behaviour are high, we tend to make an external attribution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Trait inferences are an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  internal attribution 
B)  external attribution 
C)  situational attribution 
D)  social attribution 
A)  internal attribution 
B)  external attribution 
C)  situational attribution 
D)  social attribution

Question 14

According to Tajfel (1981), social psychology must strongly reject:

Accepted Answer

A)  individualism 
B)  interactionism 
C)  behaviourism 
D)  structuralism 
A)  individualism 
B)  interactionism 
C)  behaviourism 
D)  structuralism

Question 15

The correspondence bias is also known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  fundamental attribution error 
B)  actor-observer effect 
C)  consensus effect 
D)  internal-external attribution bias 
A)  fundamental attribution error 
B)  actor-observer effect 
C)  consensus effect 
D)  internal-external attribution bias

Question 16

The self-discrepancy theory suggests that the self-concept includes a(n) _________ self, a(n) _________ self, and a(n) __________ self.

Accepted Answer

actual; id

Question 17

Provide three examples of semantic differentials.

Accepted Answer

E.g. good-bad, posit

Question 18

Thorn and Castelli (1997) found that people were more likely to activate stereotypes when making ____________ decisions than _____________ decisions.

Accepted Answer

socially r

Question 19

What is the difference between 'stereotype activation' and 'stereotype application'?

Accepted Answer

Activation refers to the degre

Question 20

With reference to your textbook, which social skills in particular gave the Homo sapiens an evolutionary advantage?

Accepted Answer

The ability to commu

What is the best-known attribution bias?

How is the tendency for chronic self-awareness called?

What does 'locus' refer to in Weiner's (1986) attribution theory?

Which of the following is not one of the three dimensions that are tapped by our judgements of a broad range of objects according to Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum (1957)?

What, according to Gordon Allport (1935), were 'the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary American social psychology'?

What is one of the main problems associated with behavioural priming effects?

According to Ajzen and Fishbein (1977), attitudes are held and behaviours performed in relation to principles corresponding to the acronym TACT. What does the A stand for?

Which of the following terms does not correspond to one of the four principles defining how attitudes are held and behaviours performed according to the principle of correspondence (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977)?

The ________ theory is based on the assumption that, because human beings are intelligent creatures, we are all painfully aware of our own mortality.

Social inferences based on heuristics consist of a careful and systematic processing of social information.

Social cognition is a broad area of:

According to Kelley's (1967) attribution theory, if both the distinctiveness and the consensus of a behaviour are high, we tend to make an external attribution.

Trait inferences are an example of:

According to Tajfel (1981), social psychology must strongly reject:

The correspondence bias is also known as:

The self-discrepancy theory suggests that the self-concept includes a(n) _____ self, a(n) _ self, and a(n) ______ self.

Provide three examples of semantic differentials.

Thorn and Castelli (1997) found that people were more likely to activate stereotypes when making decisions than _ decisions.

What is the difference between 'stereotype activation' and 'stereotype application'?

With reference to your textbook, which social skills in particular gave the Homo sapiens an evolutionary advantage?

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Exam 18: Social Cognition and Attitudes

What is the best-known attribution bias?

How is the tendency for chronic self-awareness called?

What does 'locus' refer to in Weiner's (1986) attribution theory?

Which of the following is not one of the three dimensions that are tapped by our judgements of a broad range of objects according to Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum (1957)?

What, according to Gordon Allport (1935), were 'the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary American social psychology'?

What is one of the main problems associated with behavioural priming effects?

According to Ajzen and Fishbein (1977), attitudes are held and behaviours performed in relation to principles corresponding to the acronym TACT. What does the A stand for?

Which of the following terms does not correspond to one of the four principles defining how attitudes are held and behaviours performed according to the principle of correspondence (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977)?

The ________ theory is based on the assumption that, because human beings are intelligent creatures, we are all painfully aware of our own mortality.

Social inferences based on heuristics consist of a careful and systematic processing of social information.

Social cognition is a broad area of:

According to Kelley's (1967) attribution theory, if both the distinctiveness and the consensus of a behaviour are high, we tend to make an external attribution.

Trait inferences are an example of:

According to Tajfel (1981), social psychology must strongly reject:

The correspondence bias is also known as:

The self-discrepancy theory suggests that the self-concept includes a(n) _________ self, a(n) _________ self, and a(n) __________ self.

Provide three examples of semantic differentials.

Thorn and Castelli (1997) found that people were more likely to activate stereotypes when making ____________ decisions than _____________ decisions.

What is the difference between 'stereotype activation' and 'stereotype application'?

With reference to your textbook, which social skills in particular gave the Homo sapiens an evolutionary advantage?

The Science of Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Evolutionary and Genetic Foundations of Psychology

Neuroscience, the Brain, and Behaviour

Motivation

Consciousness: Conscious Versus Unconscious Processes

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Memory

Emotion

Cognitive Development

Language and Thought

Intelligence

Personality

Mental Health and Psychopathology

The Treatment of Mental Health Problems

Social Development

Interpersonal, Group, and Intergroup Processes

Filters

The self-discrepancy theory suggests that the self-concept includes a(n) _____ self, a(n) _ self, and a(n) ______ self.

Thorn and Castelli (1997) found that people were more likely to activate stereotypes when making decisions than _ decisions.