Question 1

Identity signalling involves displaying pro-social attitudes, again through on-line posts or traditional media.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Identity signalling involves

Accepted Answer

A)  displaying pro-social attitudes, again through on-line posts or traditional media 
B)  revealing membership of social groups 
C)  automatically responding to something based on our attitude 
D)  attributing other people's behaviour to those individuals' dispositions, while ignoring or underestimating the possibility that situational factors may have played an important or determining role 
A)  displaying pro-social attitudes, again through on-line posts or traditional media 
B)  revealing membership of social groups 
C)  automatically responding to something based on our attitude 
D)  attributing other people's behaviour to those individuals' dispositions, while ignoring or underestimating the possibility that situational factors may have played an important or determining role

Question 3

According to Baumeister's strength model, self- control works like our muscles, varying between individuals and subject to fatigue and training effects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of these was the first major challenge to the FAE

Accepted Answer

A)  FAE could not be tested empirically 
B)  FAE was must weaker and sometimes non-exist when tested among East Asians 
C)  FAE was often confused with correspondence bias 
D)  The research on FAE only used undergraduate students 
A)  FAE could not be tested empirically 
B)  FAE was must weaker and sometimes non-exist when tested among East Asians 
C)  FAE was often confused with correspondence bias 
D)  The research on FAE only used undergraduate students

Question 5

Which of the following statements is NOT a criteria that has to be met before we can attribute actions to intensions, according to Jones and Davis (1965)

Accepted Answer

A)  The actor must be capable of performing the action 
B)  The actor must be unaware of the consequence of their actions 
C)  The actor must be acting deliberately 
D)  The actor must be aware of the consequence of their actions 
A)  The actor must be capable of performing the action 
B)  The actor must be unaware of the consequence of their actions 
C)  The actor must be acting deliberately 
D)  The actor must be aware of the consequence of their actions

Question 6

Attitude _________means how strongly we hold an attitude, whereas _________refers to the intensiveness of its positivity or negativity.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Attitude _________means how strongly we hold an...

Question 7

An attitude is more likely to predict your behaviour if

Accepted Answer

A)  the attitude is in contrast with your beliefs 
B)  the attitude emerges from personal experience 
C)  the attitude is learned from your peers 
D)  the attitude is learned from your parents 
A)  the attitude is in contrast with your beliefs 
B)  the attitude emerges from personal experience 
C)  the attitude is learned from your peers 
D)  the attitude is learned from your parents

Question 8

According to Allport (1935) attitudes consist of three components, the _________component (i.e. what we think about something), the _________component (i.e. what we feel about something) and the _________(i.e. how we act towards something).

Accepted Answer

a. cognitive; affect

Question 9

Kelley (1973) developed a model of attribution based on the idea that much of the time we have additional information to make an attribution. Which one of these is NOT a source of evidence identified by Kelley?

Accepted Answer

A)  intention 
B)  consensus 
C)  consistency 
D)  distinctiveness 
A)  intention 
B)  consensus 
C)  consistency 
D)  distinctiveness

Question 10

All of the following are aspects of the self-serving bias, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  overestimating your own contributions 
B)  seeing yourself as better than average 
C)  attributing your failures to your own efforts 
D)  attributing your bad deeds to circumstances or bad luck 
A)  overestimating your own contributions 
B)  seeing yourself as better than average 
C)  attributing your failures to your own efforts 
D)  attributing your bad deeds to circumstances or bad luck

Question 11

When researchers asked participants to refrain from eating sweet-smelling cookies presented to them in a room, the participants later exhibited

Accepted Answer

A)  more effort in solving difficult logic problems 
B)  less time and effort attempting to solve difficult puzzles 
C)  more effort and time to solve simple arithmetic problems 
D)  increased self-control in a separate cookie task 
A)  more effort in solving difficult logic problems 
B)  less time and effort attempting to solve difficult puzzles 
C)  more effort and time to solve simple arithmetic problems 
D)  increased self-control in a separate cookie task

Question 12

Allport (1935) model of attitudes is known as the

Accepted Answer

A)  Three-factor model 
B)  Attributional model 
C)  Triparitie model 
D)  Behavioural model 
A)  Three-factor model 
B)  Attributional model 
C)  Triparitie model 
D)  Behavioural model

Question 13

In a three year longitudinal study, Murray et al (2011) found that

Accepted Answer

A)  Positive illusions may benefit friendships but not romantic relations 
B)  Positive illusions may be detrimental to romantic and marital relations 
C)  Positive illusions is not associated with romantic and marital relations 
D)  Positive illusions may benefit romantic and martial relations 
A)  Positive illusions may benefit friendships but not romantic relations 
B)  Positive illusions may be detrimental to romantic and marital relations 
C)  Positive illusions is not associated with romantic and marital relations 
D)  Positive illusions may benefit romantic and martial relations

Question 14

Most people believe they have more control over events in their lives than is actually the case, this is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  Illusions of control 
B)  Uncritically positive views of the self 
C)  Unrealistic optimism 
D)  Self-control 
A)  Illusions of control 
B)  Uncritically positive views of the self 
C)  Unrealistic optimism 
D)  Self-control

Question 15

This term refers to all of the ways that the self-monitors and exerts control over its responses so as to accomplish goals and live up to personal standards

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-control 
B)  Self-regulation 
C)  Social comparison 
D)  Upward comparison 
A)  Self-control 
B)  Self-regulation 
C)  Social comparison 
D)  Upward comparison

Question 16

If an immediate attribution is required, it is easier and makes sense to attribute people's behaviour to internal, dispositional causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Researchers that study the limits of our understanding of the ___________point to the fact that "dispositions" and "situations" are so intricately interwoven that it may be scientifically useless to separate them.

Accepted Answer

a. Fundame

Question 18

Members of a work group, typically overestimate the amount they contribute to the total group effort. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  Attribution bias 
B)  Self-serving bias 
C)  Leadership bias 
D)  Positivity bias 
A)  Attribution bias 
B)  Self-serving bias 
C)  Leadership bias 
D)  Positivity bias

Question 19

Outline the tripartite model of attitude components and factors affecting attitude strength, including valence, expertise and accessibility

Accepted Answer

The tripartite model of attitude compone

Question 20

Explain what is meant by attribution. In your answer discuss the distinction between situational and dispositional attributions and between personal and impersonal attributions.

Accepted Answer

Attribution refers to the process of exp

Exam 20: Social Cognition

Identity signalling involves displaying pro-social attitudes, again through on-line posts or traditional media.

Identity signalling involves

According to Baumeister's strength model, self- control works like our muscles, varying between individuals and subject to fatigue and training effects.

Which of these was the first major challenge to the FAE

Which of the following statements is NOT a criteria that has to be met before we can attribute actions to intensions, according to Jones and Davis (1965)

Attitude _________means how strongly we hold an attitude, whereas _________refers to the intensiveness of its positivity or negativity.

An attitude is more likely to predict your behaviour if

According to Allport (1935) attitudes consist of three components, the _________component (i.e. what we think about something), the _________component (i.e. what we feel about something) and the _________(i.e. how we act towards something).

Kelley (1973) developed a model of attribution based on the idea that much of the time we have additional information to make an attribution. Which one of these is NOT a source of evidence identified by Kelley?

All of the following are aspects of the self-serving bias, EXCEPT:

When researchers asked participants to refrain from eating sweet-smelling cookies presented to them in a room, the participants later exhibited

Allport (1935) model of attitudes is known as the

In a three year longitudinal study, Murray et al (2011) found that

Most people believe they have more control over events in their lives than is actually the case, this is an example of

This term refers to all of the ways that the self-monitors and exerts control over its responses so as to accomplish goals and live up to personal standards

If an immediate attribution is required, it is easier and makes sense to attribute people's behaviour to internal, dispositional causes.

Researchers that study the limits of our understanding of the ___________point to the fact that "dispositions" and "situations" are so intricately interwoven that it may be scientifically useless to separate them.

Members of a work group, typically overestimate the amount they contribute to the total group effort. This is an example of

Outline the tripartite model of attitude components and factors affecting attitude strength, including valence, expertise and accessibility

Explain what is meant by attribution. In your answer discuss the distinction between situational and dispositional attributions and between personal and impersonal attributions.

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