Social Cognition

In the ABC model of attitudes, which one relates to the actions?

• Affective Component 
• Behavioral Component 
• Cognitive Component

Which is not part of the ABC model of attitudes?

• Affective
• Behavioural 
• Adaptive
• Cognitive 

I like eating chocolate but I don't eat it much because I know it’s bad for me. What is this an example of?

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Being a glutton

• Peripheral Route of Persuasion

• Central Route of Persuasion

This component of attitudes is the way a person feels toward an object, person or situation.

• affective

• behavioral

• cognitive

This is how attitudes can be formed.

• through direct contact with the person, object or situation

• by interacting with other people

• by observing the actions and reaction of others to situations, objects or ideas

• all of these choices

This is an emotional disturbance that occurs when a person's actions do not match the person's attitudes.

• cognitive dissonance

• negative attitude

• social dissonance

• social negativity

This is the process of explaining the behavior of others as well as one's behavior.

• social influence

• social interaction

• attribution

• persuasion

This is an explanation of behavior based on factors in the surrounding environment or situation.

• situational cause

• personal cause

This is an explanation of behavior based on the internal personality characteristics of the person being observed.

• situational cause

• personal cause

This is the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors on behavior while underestimating the influence the situation.

• attributive error

• fundamental attribution error

• dispositional error

• situational error