Quizzes (multi choice)

The knowledge function of attitudes means that:

A) People only looked at the material that was important to them
B) People clicked on articles that presented views contrary to their attitudes
C) People changed their attitudes after looking through the articles
D) People spent longer looking at information that was consistent with their existing attidues
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The knowledge function of attitudes means that:

A) People only looked at the material that was important to them
B) People clicked on articles that presented views contrary to their attitudes
C) People changed their attitudes after looking through the articles
D) People spent longer looking at information that was consistent with their existing attidues
Answer - D
Westerwick et al. (2013) showed that:

A) People only looked at the material that was important to them
B) People clicked on articles that presented views contrary to their attitudes
C) People changed their attitudes after looking through the articles
D) People spent longer looking at information that was consistent with their existing attidues
Answer - D
Confirmation bias refers to:

A) Peoples tendency to be critical towards information that does no align with their views
B) People's implicit tendency to notice information consistent with their existing views
C) Peoples tendency to confirm their attitudes to other when asked
D) Peoples tendency to be biased when perceiving others attitudes
Answer - B
Our tendency to express attitudes that allow us to receive social rewards or avoid social punishments reflects the ____ function of attitudes

A) Value-expressive
B) Knowledge
C) Ego-defensive
D) Adaptive
Answer - D
Devine and colleagues (2002) found that people who were only internally motivated to respond without prejudice demonstrated lower IAT scores. What does this show?

A) The people who were motivated by a desire to appease others were less prejudiced
B) That the IAT does not accurately measure people's attitudes
C) That our personal values can affect the attitudes that we hold (even implicit).
Answer - C
Attitudes function as an "ego defense". This means that:

A) Our attitudes can help protect us from psychological threats
B) We use our attitudes to defend ourselves from others
C) attitudes help us in debates
D) People who are high in narcissism endorse more positive attitudes toward themselves
Answer - A
Which of the following does not play a part in attitude formation?

A) Genetic factors
B) Classical conditioning
C) Operant conditioning
D) All of the above play a part in attitude formation
Answer - D
Ksiazkiewicz and colleagues (2016) found that children did not directly inherit attitudes from their parents. What did they inherit instead?

A) Knowledge about politics, which affected their attitudes
B) Certain ways of thinking, which affected their attitudes
C) Temperament, which affected their attitudes
Answer - B
The mere exposure effect reveals that simply being exposed repeatedly to a person or object can cause people to form positive attitudes toward them. This suggests that:

A) Attitudes are not shaped by features of the environment
B) Attitudes and cognition are not automatic
C) Peoples can from positive or negative attitudes without any thoughts about the object
D) Attitudes and cognition are only informed by factors that people are aware of
Answer - C
Gabriel observes that every time his mother sees a cat, she frowns and moves away. His mother's nonverbal behaviour makes Gabriel feel upset. With repeated pairing of the cat and the negative nonverbal behaviour, Gabriel begins to dislike cats. This is an example of an attitude being formed by:

A) Social representations
B) Classical conditioning
C) Operant conditioning
D) Observational learning
Answer - B
At a BBQ, you are talking to your friends and whilst talking you express your attitudes about a topic. Your comments are met with great praise and enthusiasm. The next time you are asked about the topic, you are most likely to express the same attitudes as you did at the BBQ. This is an example of: A) Social representations B) Classical conditioning C) Operant conditioning D) Observational learningAnswer - CCunningham's (2001) study demonstrates that: A) People form attitudes by observing that attitudes and associated behaviours of those around them B) People can only develop attitudes based on positive reinforcement C) People develop attitudes by being exposed to repeated associations of seperate ideas D) Children did not endorse the same gender-role attitudes as their parentsAnswer - AAttitudes are defined as: A) Enduring, evaluative beliefs about general aspects of life B) A person's evaluation of various aspects of their social world C) Interrelated and widely shared knowledge that serves to explain social realities D) A person's knowledge about various aspects of their social worldAnswer - BThe " thing " than an attitude us about is called the attitude ____ A) Subject B) Content C) Object D) TopicAnswer - CAlexander thinks that beer is both tasty and unhealthy. This is an example of: A) Reactance B) Attitude schemas C) Ambivalent attitudes D) Social learningAnswer - CA direct measure of attitude is: A) The implicit association test B) An attitude scale C) The bogus pipeline procedure D) Functional magnetic resonance imagingAnswer - BWhy cant explicit attitude measures sometimes be problematic? A) Participants respond to them too quickly B) Participants' responses can be swayed by what is socially acceptable C) It is difficult to administer them to large groups of people D) Explicit attitude scales are unreliableAnswer - BThe implicit association test is based on the premise that: A) People always conceal their true attitudes B) Holding certain attitudes results in people being able to connect related ideas together more easily C) Explicit attitude measures are too difficult to respond to D) People have no awareness of what their attitudes areAnswer - BPeterson et al. (2016) showed that: A) Only teachers' explicit expectations were correlated with their students performance in maths B) Only teachers' implicit attitudes were correlated with their students' performance in maths C) Teachers' explicit expectations and implicit attitudes were correlated with their students' performance in maths D) Neither teachers' explicit expectations nor implicit attitudes were correlated with their students' performance in mathsAnswer - BAlthough implicit attitudes are often viewed to be "unconscious", research shows that people are aware of them to some extent. What are people normally aware of? A) The content of their implicit attitudes B) Where their implicit attitudes have come from C) What the effect of their implicit attitudes are on their behaviour and responsesAnswer - AAccording to the APE model, explicit attitudes spring from _______ processes and implicit attitudes spring from _______ processes. A) Propositional, associative B) Affective, provisional C) Associative, propositional D) Provisional, affectiveAnswer - AGawronski & Bodenhausen (2014) showed that making people repeat statements which countered their prejudicial attitudes had the effect of: A) Reducing their explicit and implicit attitudes B) Strengthening their explicit attitudes and reducing their implicit attitudes C) Reducing their explicit and implicit attitudes D) Reducing their explicit attitudes and strengthening their implicit attitudesAnswer - D