64 Questions
According to the text, which trait dimension influences impression formation?
Warmth
According to the text, which type of information tends to have a greater impact on forming impressions?
Positive information
According to the text, which theory suggests that personal constructs and implicit personality theories are important for forming impressions?
Kelly's Personal Construct Theory
According to the text, which theory suggests that impressions are formed by combining pluses and minuses of attributes?
Anderson's Information Integration Theory
According to the text, which of the following is an example of a social cognition theory?
Representative heuristics
What is the main focus of social reference theory?
Base-rate information
According to the text, which of the following is an example of a cognitive bias?
Illusory correlation
What is the main focus of schema theory?
Development
According to the self-discrepancy theory, which of the following describes the 'actual self'?
How we currently are
Which of the following is a positive effect of being self-aware?
Feeling good when the standard we compare ourselves to is not too exacting
According to the self-regulatory focus theory, which system is characterized by seeking ways to improve and treating problems as interesting obstacles to overcome?
Promotion system
According to the self-perception theory, how do we gain knowledge about ourselves?
By making self-attribution from our own behaviors
According to the text, which of the following is a characteristic of individuals with high self-monitoring?
They adopt strategic self-presentation to protect the impression they feel their audience or the situation demand
Which model proposes that attitudes can be changed through either a heuristic or systematic process?
Elaboration Likelihood Model
What are the three components of attitudes according to the text?
Cognitive, affective, and behavioural components
Which measure of attitudes focuses on connotative meanings of words and uses a 7-point scale?
Semantic differential
Which component(s) make up the structure of attitudes?
Affect, behavior, and cognition
Which measure(s) can be used to assess attitudes?
All of the above
Which type(s) of behavior can be measured covertly?
Implicit behavior
Which theory predicts specific behavior based on specific attitudes?
Theory of reasoned action
Which dual-processing model suggests that persuasion depends on the level of cognitive effort?
Elaboration-likelihood model
Which route is used in the elaboration-likelihood model when people attend to a message carefully?
Central route
Which of the following is NOT a measure of overt attitudes?
Implicit methods
What did LaPiere's study on ethnic attitudes reveal?
The written replies from the restaurants contradicted their actual behavior
According to the Theory of Reasoned Action, which component predicts an intention to perform a behavior?
Behavioral intention
What does the Theory of Planned Behavior take into account that the Theory of Reasoned Action does not?
Behavioral control
According to the text, what is the fundamental attribution error?
The tendency for people to make dispositional attributions for other's behaviors even when there are external causes
According to the text, what is the actor-observer bias?
The tendency for people to attribute others' behavior internally to dispositional factors and their own behavior externally to environmental factors
According to the text, what is the false consensus effect?
The tendency for people to see their own behavior as typical and assume that others would behave in the same way under similar circumstances
According to the text, what is the ultimate attribution error?
The tendency to attribute negative behavior of out-group members to dispositional factors and positive behavior to situational factors
According to the text, what is social cognition?
The study of how cognition is affected by social contexts
Which one of the following is an example of a cognitive bias?
Illusory correlation
What is the main focus of schema theory?
How schemas influence perception and interpretation of information
According to the text, what is the false consensus effect?
The tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors
According to the text, which trait dimension influences impression formation?
Warmth
According to the text, what is the main focus of schema theory?
Cognitive processing
According to the text, what is the ultimate attribution error?
Attributing success to internal factors and failure to external factors
According to the text, which measure(s) can be used to assess attitudes?
Both implicit and explicit measures
According to the text, which theory suggests that individuals with many independent aspects of self have higher self-complexity?
Self-complexity theory
According to the text, which measure of attitudes focuses on the connotative meanings of words and uses a 7-point scale?
Semantic differential
According to the text, which dual-processing model suggests that persuasion depends on the level of cognitive effort?
Elaboration Likelihood Model
According to the text, what are the three components of attitudes?
Cognitive, affective, and behavioral
According to the text, what is the purpose of the LaPiere study on ethnic attitudes?
To explore the inconsistency between attitudes and behavior
Which measure(s) can be used to assess covert/implicit attitudes?
Unobtrusive measures
Which theory suggests that attitudes can be changed through either a heuristic or systematic process?
Elaboration-Likelihood Model
According to the text, what is the main focus of social reference theory?
The influence of social norms on behavior
According to the text, which component(s) make up the structure of attitudes?
All of the above
According to the text, what is the main focus of schema theory?
Impression formation
According to the Theory of Reasoned Action, which component predicts an intention to perform a behavior?
Attitude
According to the text, what did LaPiere's study on ethnic attitudes reveal?
Inconsistency between attitudes and behavior
According to the text, what is the actor-observer bias?
Tendency to attribute one's own behavior to internal factors
Which dual-processing model suggests that persuasion depends on the level of cognitive effort?
Elaboration-likelihood model
According to the text, what is the illusion of control?
The belief that one has control over outcomes that are actually determined by chance
According to the text, what is the fundamental attribution error?
The tendency for people to make dispositional attributions for other's behaviors
According to the text, what is the actor-observer bias?
The tendency to attribute others' behavior internally to dispositional factors and their own behavior externally to environmental factors
According to the text, what is the false consensus effect?
The tendency to see one's own behavior as typical and assume that others would behave in the same way
According to the text, what are the two types of self-awareness?
Private self-awareness and public self-awareness
According to the text, what are the three components of self in the self-discrepancy theory?
Actual self, ideal self, and ought self
According to the text, what are the two systems in the self-regulatory focus theory?
Promotion system and prevention system
According to the text, what is the purpose of social comparison?
To establish correct or socially approved ways of thinking and behaving
According to the text, what are the negative effects of being self-aware?
Feeling anxious and making mistakes on tasks
According to the text, what are the positive effects of being self-aware?
Feeling good when the standard we compare ourselves to is not too exacting
According to the self-discrepancy theory, what does the 'actual self' represent?
How we currently are
According to the self-regulatory focus theory, which system is characterized by seeking ways to improve and treating problems as interesting obstacles to overcome?
Promotion system
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