A. convince themselves they really didn’t perform the behavior
B. change their attitude to make it more consistent with the behavior
C. change their attitude to make it less consistent with their behavior
D. do nothing
Related Mcqs:
- Theory of cognitive dissonance is offered by ____________?
A. Skinner
B. Bandura
C. Festinger
D. None of these - Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?
A. Festinger
B. Taylor
C. Jensen
D. Lorenz - Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?
A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change - Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?
A. Festinger
B. Taylor
C. Jensen
D. Lorenz - Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.
A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - When a child modifies an existing cognitive schema to make it compatible with the cognitive aspects of an incoming stimulus, the process is called _____________?
A. assimilation
B. adaptation
C. conservation
D. accommodation - Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feelings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the______-theory of motivation. Eventually, however, josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now the needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.
A. arousal; incentive
B. drive reduction; arousal
C. drive reduction; incentive
D. incentive; drive reduction - According to the cognitive psychologist the observable behavior:
A. Is not possible without aptitudinal change
B. Is not possible without environmental change
C. Not both (a) and (b)
D. None - Which type of learning occurs when one stimulus predicts the occurrence of another?
A. Vicarious Learning
B. Observational Learning
C. Classical Conditioning
D. Operant Conditioning - Which theory of gender-typing suggests that people understand and classify their own behavior and personality traits in terms of masculine and feminine categories?
A. social learning theory
B. psychoanalytical theory
C. evolutionary theory
D. gender schema theory
