Exam Practice-Attitudes/Stereotypes #2

What are the three components of the tripartite model of attitude structure?

• Affective, Behavioural, Cognitive

• Implicit, Explicit, Cognitive

• Situational, Dispositional, Cognitive

• Social Categorisation, Social Identification, Social Comparison

According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, what are the possible responses to cognitive dissonance?

• Change beliefs, Change behaviour, Change perception of the action

• Avoidance, Reduction, Rationalization

• Situational attributions, Dispositional attributions

• Social Categorisation, Social Identification, Social Comparison

What is the function of stereotypes?

• To categorise people based on social groups

• To reduce cognitive dissonance

• To explain behaviour through attributions

• To identify superordinate goals

What is the relationship between attitudes, prejudice, and discrimination?

• Prejudice and discrimination are influenced by attitudes

• Prejudice and discrimination have no relationship with attitudes

• Attitudes are a result of prejudice and discrimination

• Attitudes, prejudice, and discrimination are unrelated concepts

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

• Prejudice is an attitude, discrimination is a behaviour

• Prejudice is a behaviour, discrimination is an attitude

• Prejudice and discrimination are the same thing

• Prejudice and discrimination are unrelated concepts

What are the causes of prejudice?

• Social influence, Intergroup competition, Social categorisation, Just world phenomenon

• Avoidance, Reduction, Rationalisation

• Situational attributions, Dispositional attributions

• Social Categorisation, Social Identification, Social Comparison

What is the contact hypothesis for reducing prejudice?

• Increasing contact between different social groups

• Avoiding contact with different social groups

• Promoting competition between different social groups

• Creating a hierarchy among different social groups

What is the study called that investigated the cognitive consequences of forced compliance?

• Cognitive consequences of forced compliance (Festinger and Carlsmith, 1959)

• Robbers Cave experiment (Sherif et al., 1961)

• Tripartite model of attitude structure

• Social identity theory

What are the two types of attributions in attribution theory?

• Situational and Dispositional attributions

• Affective and Behavioural attributions

• Implicit and Explicit attributions

• Social Categorisation and Social Identification attributions

What are the three components of social identity theory?

• Social Categorisation, Social Identification, Social Comparison

• Affective, Behavioural, Cognitive

• Implicit, Explicit, Cognitive

• Situational, Dispositional, Cognitive