Module 2 Philosophical and Psychological Bases of Attitude Development and Change Exit Ticket

1. Which of the following is not a factor influencing attitude formation?

• Social roles and norms
• Experience
• Listening to people giving a speech
• Classical and operant conditioning
• Observing people in their environment

2. Social and cultural factors have a strong influence on attitudes.

• True
• False

3. Attitudes can be

• Explicit
• Implicit
• Both explicit and implicit
• Neither explicit and implicit

4. What does critical thinking mean?

• Refusing to accept beliefs without examining them
• Judging the behavior of others
• Assuming that other people are wrong
• Complaining about the food at a restaurant

5. What is the best indication that a person has taken up philosophy and the pursuit of truth?

• They only believe what they perceive with their own senses
• They involve themselves in profound investigations
• They suspend judgement on everything
• They involve themselves in superficial investigations
• They only believe what can be experimentally proven

6. Why did Socrates keep questioning his friends about justice?

• He loved asking meaningless questions
• He knew asking would make him look smart
• He wanted to make his friends look like fools
• He was a sophist
• He wanted to find the true meaning of justice

7. Describe a time you were motivated to listen to an elaborate explanation and think about the message (central route persuasion), thus leading to an attitude shift.