A. the peripheral route results in more enduring attitude change
B. the central route results in more enduring attitude change
C. only the central route to persuasion can be effective
D. only the peripheral route to persuasion can be effective
Related Mcqs:
- The theory which suggests that people learn attitude by observing their own behavior is __________?
A. Operant conditioning
B. CR
C. Self-perception
D. None of these - Most of the social psychological research on attitude change has been generated by theories concerning ___________?
A. Consistency in attitudes and behavior
B. Cognitive dissonance
C. Self-perception
D. Attribution
E. None of these - 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 - If one finds a positive correlation between degree of coffee drinking and the likelihood of heart attacks. One can conclude that ___________?
A. Coffee drinking causes heart attack
B. Individuals prone to heart attacks are predisposed to drink a lot of coffee
C. An active life style of certain people causes heart attack
D. None of these - Which of the following leads to a decrease in the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future?
A. shaping
B. omission training
C. positive reinforcement
D. continuous reinforcement - Any process that increases the likelihood that a particular operant response will occur again is called ________________?
A. reinforcement
B. punishment
C. discrimination
D. chaining - Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities - _______refers to a learned negative attitude toward a person based on their person’s membership in a particular group.
A. Normative justice
B. Prejudice
C. Discrimination
D. The Asch effect - In Thurston’s method of attitude scaling, the key factor is the use of _____________?
A. Numbers
B. Judges
C. Reinforcement
D. Positive and negative items
E. None of these - When individuals notice inconsistency between their own behaviour and attitude, they are said to be experiencing:
A. Psychological reactance
B. Cognitive dissonance
C. Behaviour differential
D. Behavioural inconsistency
