Domain 4: Module 19 Quiz

According to attribution theory, how do we tend to explain the behavior of others?

• As an aspect of internal disposition or the situation

• Only as an aspect of internal disposition

• Only as an aspect of the situation

• As an aspect of external disposition

What is the tendency of fundamental attribution error?

• To attribute the behavior of others to internal dispositions rather than to situations

• To attribute the behavior of others to external dispositions rather than to situations

• To attribute the behavior of others to the situation rather than to internal dispositions

• To attribute the behavior of others to external dispositions rather than to internal dispositions

What is attitude in social psychology?

• The belief and feeling that predisposes someone to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events

• The belief and feeling that predisposes someone to respond in a particular way to only people

• The belief and feeling that predisposes someone to respond in a particular way to only events

• The belief and feeling that predisposes someone to respond in a particular way to only objects

What is the tendency of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?

• For people who have first disagreed to a large request to comply later with a small request

• For people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

• For people who have first disagreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

• For people who have first agreed to a large request to comply later with a small request

What is a role in social psychology?

• A set of rules in a social setting that define how one ought not to behave

• A set of expectations in a social setting that define how one ought not to behave

• A set of expectations in a social setting that define how one ought to behave

• A set of rules in a social setting that define how one ought to behave

What is cognitive dissonance theory in social psychology?

• The theory that we act to ignore the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent

• The theory that we act to increase the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent

• The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent

• The theory that we act to create the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent

What is the tendency of the self-serving bias?

• To attribute positive events to external factors but attribute negative events to their own character

• To attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors

• To attribute both positive and negative events to external factors

• To attribute both positive and negative events to their own character

What is the effect of role playing on attitudes according to social psychology?

• Under all circumstances, one's actions can influence attitudes

• Under some circumstances, one's actions cannot influence attitudes

• Under no circumstances, one's actions can influence attitudes

• Under some circumstances, one's actions can influence attitudes

What is the concept of conformity in social psychology?

• The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

• The act of opposing attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

• The act of ignoring attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

• The act of creating attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

What is the concept of social loafing?

• The phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone

• The phenomenon of a person exerting more effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone

• The phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work alone than when they work in a group

• The phenomenon of a person exerting more effort to achieve a goal when they work alone than when they work in a group