Quiz on Chapter 5: Attitudes

Attitudes are _____.

• the mechanism we use to reduce dissonance

• the mechanism we can use to protect ourselves from unwanted views of ourselves

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• the process by which we adjust or adapt our behavior to particular circumstances

• our evaluations of different aspects of the social world

One basic form of learning that helps to form our attitudes occurs when a neutral stimulus acquires the ability

to cause reactions that were originally caused by another stimulus. This type of learning is known as _____.

• the Premark principle

• observational learning

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

A form of social learning that occurs when responses to a particular stimulus lead to positive outcomes or allow

the person to avoid negative outcomes is called _____.

• the zone of proximal development

• instrumental conditioning

• classical conditioning

• social outcomes learning

Attitudes assist our interpretation of new information and influence our approach-avoidance responses. This

aspect of attitudes is _____.

• an impression motivation function

• a learning functiona learning function

• a knowledge function

• an identity function

Attitudes can sometimes help us to protect ourselves from unwanted information about ourselves. This is the

_____ of attitudes.

• ego-defensive function

• impression motivation function

• identity function

• social awareness function

Situations in which we mistakenly believe that others have different attitudes than our own are referred to as

_____.

• pluralistic ignorance

• attitude accessibility

• impression motivation

• attitude discordance

Fazio's attitude-to-behavior process model suggests that an event may activate an attitude, which influences

our _____.

A) spreading of alternatives

• spreading of alternatives

• social norms

• perceptions of the attitude object

• perceived behavioral control

Efforts to change our attitudes by using different kinds of messages are known as _____.

• intentions

• norms

• hypocracy

• persuasion

_____ is our negative reaction to perceived threats to our personal freedom.

• Hypocracy

• Trivialization

• Forewarning

• Reactance

Bethany has been listening to a political speaker who is encouraging people to support a law that would

require all people to recycle aluminum cans and severely penalize those who do not recycle. The speaker is

giving strong arguments in favor of this proposed law and is couching his appeal in moral and ethical

language. As a result, Bethany is becoming increasingly annoyed and resentful of the speaker and his

arguments. This may cause _____ to occur.

• biased assimilation

• acceptance

• cognitive dissonance

• reactance