Social Psych Quiz

Which of the following best describes the tri-component model of attitudes?

• Behaviour, cognition, and perception

• Affect, behaviour, and cognition

• Affect, perception, and cognition

• Affect, emotion, and perception

What is the fundamental attribution error?

• The tendency to attribute others' behaviours to situational factors

• The tendency to attribute others' behaviours to internal characteristics

• The tendency to attribute one's own successes to external factors

• The tendency to attribute one's own failures to internal characteristics

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive bias?

• Stereotyping

• Self-serving bias

• Confirmation bias

• Social categorisation

What does person perception refer to in social psychology?

• The process of forming impressions of others

• The process of categorising people into groups

• The process of attributing causes to behaviours

• The process of detecting salient stimuli

Emma worked hard and got a promotion at her job. She believes her success is due to her hard work, but when she didn't get a promotion last year, she blamed it on bad luck. Which of the following is an example of self-serving bias?

• Attributing one's success to hard work and failures to bad luck

• Attributing others' successes to luck and failures to lack of effort

• Attributing one's success to external factors and failures to internal factors

• Attributing others' successes to internal factors and failures to external factors

What is social categorisation?

• The process of forming attitudes based on social norms

• The process of dividing people into groups based on shared characteristics

• The process of attributing behaviours to internal or external causes

• The process of detecting salient stimuli in the environment

Which of the following best describes saliency detection?

• The ability to detect unique stimuli in the environment

• The ability to categorise people into groups

• The ability to form attitudes based on social norms

• The ability to attribute behaviours to internal or external causes

What is stereotyping?

• The process of forming attitudes based on individual experiences

• The process of attributing behaviours to internal or external causes

• The process of forming generalised beliefs about a group of people

• The process of detecting salient stimuli in the environment

Which of the following is an example of an attitude?

• Believing that all politicians are corrupt

• Feeling happy when you see a friend

• Preferring to eat healthy food

• All of the above

What is an attribution in social psychology?

• The process of forming attitudes based on social norms

• The process of dividing people into groups based on shared characteristics

• The process of explaining the causes of behaviours

• The process of detecting salient stimuli in the environment