Exam 7: Attitudes, Beliefs and Consistency

According to________________, if you go through a severe hazing process, you will be more loyal to the group you are joining.

Your text proposes that religious belief

The ease with which an attitude comes to mind is called ________________.

As discussed in the text, there are three types of beliefs that help people to function effectively in the social world, and that are often cast into doubt when people experience violent crimes or other traumas. Which statement is one of these?

You are trying to persuade your mother to lend you some money. You decide to make your attack in the evening, when she will be tired and distracted. This evening strategy is likely to be effective (assuming your mother is not in a bad mood) because in the evening she will be more likely than usual to rely on the ____ system, which will in turn ____.

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

Research on effort justification and cognitive dissonance theory most directly suggests that ____.

To increase the chance that a general attitude like "Helping others is a good thing" will predict a specific behavior like someone's willingness to give blood, you should ____.

In one well-known study that was conducted during an era of anti-Chinese prejudice (LaPiere, 1934), a researcher drove across the U.S. with a Chinese couple, stopping at dozens of restaurants, hotels, auto camps, and tourist homes. He was interested in knowing the percentage of establishments that would serve the couple, as well as the percentage of establishments that would SAY that they would serve the couple when contacted later. The results from this research provided some of the first evidence of ____.

Wei-Shin was mugged while he was walking across campus alone one evening. The event left him with his wallet and identity stolen, and a broken nose and rib. Wei-Shin thinks to himself, "What kind of world is this, where someone will mug a poor college student?" Wei-Shin is having trouble coping because this traumatic event has challenged his ____.

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

Which scientist proposed the notion of embodied attitudes?

Explain the potential benefits and costs of holding strong religious beliefs.

Which statement best describes the influence of attitudes?

Research indicates that Facebook users tend to be ____ than nonusers.

Attitude accessibility refers to how easily an attitude comes to mind.

Consumer surveys (e.g., questionnaires that ask people what products they like and use) are primarily used to measure people's implicit attitudes.

According to cognitive dissonance theory, "we come to love the things we suffer for." For example, we tend to be especially loyal to groups that require severe or painful initiations. Why does this happen?

Much research has demonstrated a weak link between (a) what people say their attitudes are, and (b) how they actually behave. According to the text, one of the key reasons that this relationship is so weak, however, is the fact that researchers have often ____.

Attitude polarization refers to the finding that ____.