Attitudes - Radford Psychology

Attitudes that are not deliberately formed and are typically unknown to us are _____.

• Internal attitudes

• External attitudes

• Implicit attitudes

• Explicit attitudes

Jonas filled out a survey and indicated that he hates sharks. His attitude towards sharks is an _____ one.

• Implicit

• External

• Explicit

• Temporary

The use of the IAT to measure racial prejudice is controversial because many question the test's _____.

• Reliability

• External Validity

• Generalizability

• Internal Validity

Besides self-reporting, _____ is the most common method to determine explicit attitudes.

• Observation

• Testing

• A survey

• The IAT

Which of the following is true?

• 1. An implicit attitude is easily measured.

• An explicit attitude and an implicit attitude sometimes contradict each other.

• An explicit attitude and an implicit attitude are almost always the same.

• An external attitude is unknown to the subject.

Which of the following determine others' approval or disapproval of our behavior, and affect our intentions to behave a certain way?

• Perceptions of control

• Attitudes

• Rituals

• Norms

Rae and her date are walking through a new, large aquarium. Rae has Selachophobia (a phobia of sharks), and knows that she will see at least one at some point in the aquarium. However, she is determined to stay cool and show no sign of fear so she doesn't alarm her date. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, would you be able to predict Rae's behavior?

• Possibly. We know Rae's intention, but intention doesn't always accurately predict behavior when there is a reflex or conditioned response involved.

• Yes. We know Rae's intention, which always predicts behavior. She will stay cool and collected.

• 1. No. We don't know what the subjective norms are.

• Yes. Rae will definitely react to the sharks because of her phobia.

The Theory of Planned Behavior is used to _____.

• manipulate someone's unintentional behavior based on their attitudes, norms, and perceived control

• manipulate someone's intentional behavior based on their attitudes, norms, and perceived control

• predict someone's intentional behavior

• predict someone's unintentional behavior

Which of the following is one of the determining factors of intention, according to the Theory of Planned Behavior?

• Subjective norms

• All of these are determining factors of intention.

• Attitude

• Perceived control

Sherrian is considering enrolling in a local prestigious college. She has already been accepted and just needs to meet with her advisor to register for classes. If Sherrian is excited, her intention to enrol is probably _____.

• low, and she probably won't register

• low, but she will likely register for classes anyway

• high, and she will likely register for classes

• high, but she probably won't register