Psychology: Attitudes and Behavior
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What does the Principle of Aggregation state?

  • Attitudes become more apparent when looking at aggregate behavior (correct)
  • Attitudes are irrelevant in predicting behavior
  • Specific attitudes are always better predictors of behavior than general attitudes
  • Attitudes are solely determined by personal feelings

What are some factors that influence people's attendance at worship services?

  • Social norms and personal control
  • Weather, worship leader, and personal feelings (correct)
  • Implicit biases and automatic associations
  • General attitude towards religion

What determines one's intentions and guides behavior according to the Theory of Planned Behavior?

  • Perceived social norms and automatic associations
  • Social influences and implicit biases
  • Attitudes, social norms, and feelings of control (correct)
  • General attitudes and personal control

Which factor predicts jogging behavior better than general attitudes according to the text?

<p>Specific attitudes towards jogging (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do researchers show even though they consider themselves unprejudiced?

<p>Implicit biases against certain social groups (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In everyday interactions, people often respond based on __________ without reflecting.

<p>Automatic scripts (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?

<p>To evaluate automatic associations between attitude objects and evaluative words (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of attitudes predicting behavior, when are our attitudes most likely to predict our behavior?

<p>When other influences are minimal, the attitude is specific to the behavior, and the attitude is potent (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure based on participants' reaction times?

<p>Automatic associations between attitude objects and evaluative words (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are easier pairings and faster responses interpreted in the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?

<p>As indicating stronger unconscious associations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of people demonstrate more implicit dislike for the elderly compared with the young?

<p>80% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what conditions do attitudes predict behavior according to the text?

<p>When other influences on behavior are minimal, the attitude is specific to the behavior, and the attitude is potent (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe the tendency to seek information that agrees with one's views and avoid dissonant information?

<p>Selective Exposure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory pertains mostly to discrepancies between behavior and attitudes?

<p>Dissonance theory (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of self-presentation theory, why might individuals express attitudes that match their actions?

<p>To appear consistent (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomenon is described as the reduction of dissonance by internally justifying one's behavior when external justification is 'insufficient'?

<p>Insufficient Justification (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term that describes the phenomenon where attitudes follow behavior, sometimes to the point of moral numbness?

<p>Actions and attitudes feed each other (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do individuals sometimes come to believe as a result of tailoring their words to what they think others want to hear?

<p>'Saying becomes believing' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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