Multiple choice questions: Social Cognition PDF

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Social Cognition 1. Amelia failed a test and said it was because the questions were “tricky”; Oscar passed the same test and said it was because he studied hard. Amelia is using _____; Oscar is using _____. a. the self-serving bias; the self-serving bias b. the fundamental attribution error; the self-serving bias c. a dispositional locus of control; a situational locus of control d. external self-efficacy; internal self-efficacy 2. Jim holds the belief that he is unlovable. He often recalls how his previous partners left him and identifies behaviours that he believes indicate that his current partner is likely to leave. Jim’s pattern of thinking would most likely be described as a: a. person schema b. situational schema c. self-schema d. relationship schema 3. Mr. Bundy believes that women make poor shoe salespersons, but hires a woman to sell his shoes anyway. Based on this information, which of the following is TRUE regarding Mr. Bundy? a. He is prejudiced, but does not discriminate against women. b. He discriminates, but is not prejudiced against women. c. He is prejudiced and discriminates against women. d. He hired his daughter because his wife made him. 4. Your boss has recently been treating you badly. You know that he is under pressure to meet an important deadline. Given this, when making attributions about the cause of his behaviour, you might engage in which principle? a. augmentation b. discounting c. consensus d. consistency 5. The process of inferring, on the basis of samples of an individual’s behaviour and what the causes of that behaviour are, is called: a. attitudinal b. attribution c. ascription d. provenance 6. A famed politician decides that the only way to convince voters to support her controversial political views is to exploit their fears of each other and their distrust of the government. Her approach utilises which route of persuasion? a. primary b. tertiary c. central d. peripheral

Social Cognition 7. Jimmy and his friends are discussing their attitude toward the environment and global climate change. Jimmy’s attitude and opinion seem to fluctuate over the course of the conversation. This situation is most related to: a. attitude importance b. attitude accessibility c. attitude strength d. attitude variability 8. Which one of the following personality types is MOST likely to be prejudiced, according to Adorno and his colleagues? a. egalitarian b. authoritarian c. totalitarian d. laissez-faire 9. According to the textbook, when is the halo effect most powerful? a. during the late evening b. when the person is familiar c. when people have minimal information about each other d. when the person is female 10. When remembering social information, what kind of information do people remember the least? a. schema-relevant social information b. schema-discrepant social information c. behaviour related to an activated schema d. schema irrelevant social information...