Related Mcqs:

1. Research by Festinger and colleagues demonstrated that when people were paid $1 for their participation in a dull task, they were more favourably to the dull task compared to people whowere paid $20. Which theory was put forth to explain why people alter their true attitudes to match their past or actual behaviour?

   A. Attribution theory
   B. Actor-observer effect
   C. Cognitive dissonance theory
   D. Theory of planned behaviour
   E. Social learning theory

2. According to McGuire’s(1969) information-processing approach to persuasion, a message will elicit the desired behaviour only if it succeeded at six stages. But which of the options below is NOT one of these stages?

   A. Attention stage
   B. Retention stage
   C. Yielding stage
   D. Fielding stage

3. According to Kelley’s covariation model of attribution, if Sylvia always laughs at comedians, then her behaviour would be described as having:

   A. High consistency
   B. Low distinctiveness
   C. High consensus
   D. a,b and c
   E. a and b

4. Devine’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated that______processing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas_______processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious.

   A. Automatic; controlled
   B. Controlled; automatic
   C. Schematic; revised
   D. Subtype; evaluative

5. According to research by Petty, Cacioppo and colleagues, people will process messages most carefully, and rely less on simple cues, when what is true about the message?

   A. Message is memorable
   B. Message is high in personal relevance
   C. Message is humorous
   D. Message is low in personal relevance
   E. Message is not given by an expert source

6. What are the specific qualities of schemas that make them useful for organizing our experiences and information in the social world?

   A. Schemas preserve cognitive resources
   B. Schemas facilitate recall of information
   C. Schemas are based on exopectations and prior experience
   D. Schemas can cue emotions
   E. All of the above

7. The three-component model of attitude formation includes:

   A. Cognitions, beliefs, thoughts
   B. Positive, negative, indifferent
   C. Beliefs, truths and errors
   D. Cognitions, emotions and behaviours
   E. Behaviours, intentions, emotions

8. How is the ultimate attribution error(UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect?

   A. UAE underlies all the other biases
   B. UAE refers to attributional biases that occur at the group level
   C. UAE only applies to ingroups
   D. UAE refers to attributional biases that occur the individual level
   E. a and b

9. Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

   A. This strength of the self-serving bias is the same across cultures
   B. We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors
   C. The usual explanation for the self-serving bias relates to cognitive factors.
   D. Attributing success to external causes has been referred has been referred to as the self-enhancing bias.

10. Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

    A. Role schemes
    B. Person schemas
    C. Actor-observer effects
    D. Stereotypes
    E. Biases