When do attitudes predict behaviour?

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BSc PS407 Social Psychology (The Social Judge (Chapter 4)) Quiz on When do attitudes predict behaviour?, created by Petite Piplup on 21/03/2014.
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Question 1

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Fill in the blank about attitudes: "Most (a) concept in social psychology" - Allport
Answer
  • (a) distinctive and indespensible
  • (a) limited
  • (a) overlooked
  • (a) pointless and over-exaggerated

Question 2

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(a) What did Lapiere (1934) say about attitudes? (b) How did he come to this conclusion? (SHOW UP BEFORE CALL)
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  • (a) Attitudes do not necessarily determine behaviour (b) Asked restaurants whether they would serve Chinese, then showed up with Chinese, found that even when no serve said, they got served
  • (a) Attitudes do determine behaviour (b) Asked restaurants whether they would serve Chinese, then showed up with Chinese, found that they said wouldn't serve and didn't
  • (a) Attitudes do determine behaviour (b) Asked restaurants whether they would serve Chinese, then showed up with Chinese, found that they said would serve and did
  • (a) Attitudes do not necessarily determine behaviour (b) Asked restaurants whether they would serve Chinese, then showed up with Chinese, found that even when serve said, they didn't get served

Question 3

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What did Wicker (1969) report regarding attitudes within the literature?
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  • Low attitude-behaviour relations with average correlation of r=.15
  • Low attitude-cognition relations with average correlation of r=.15
  • High attitude-behaviour relations with average correlation of r=.65
  • High attitude-cognition relations with average correlation of r=.65

Question 4

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What are the 5 factors that influence when attitudes predict behaviour? MORE INFO READ NOTES
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  • (1) Extremity, (2) Importance, (3) Accessibility, (4) Direct experience, (5) Value-expressive
  • (1) Socially adopted, (2) Importance, (3) Accessibility, (4) Direct experience, (5) Expresses ideologies
  • (1) Value-expressive, (2) Extremity, (3) Expresses Ideologies, (4) Accessibility, (5) Importance
  • (1) Importance, (2) Socially adopted, (3) Direct experience, (4) Indirect experience, (5) Accessibility

Question 5

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Attitudes predict behaviour when the behaviour is controllable therefore Ajzen (1985) added a new dimension (a) to the Theory of Reasoned Action and re-branded it the (b)
Answer
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Planned Behaviour
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Perceived Behavioural Control
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Behaviours and Limitations
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Action

Question 6

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Attitudes predict behaviour when the behaviour is controllable therefore Ajzen (1985) added a new dimension (a) to the Theory of Reasoned Action and re-branded it the (b)
Answer
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Planned Behaviour
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Perceived Behavioural Control
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Behaviours and Limitations
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Action

Question 7

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Attitudes predict behaviour when the behaviour is controllable therefore Ajzen (1985) added a new dimension (a) to the Theory of Reasoned Action and re-branded it the (b)
Answer
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Planned Behaviour
  • (a) Perceived behavioural control (b) Theory of Perceived Behavioural Control
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Behaviours and Limitations
  • (a) Ability to carry out behaviours (b) Theory of Reasoned Action

Question 8

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According to Festinger (1957) what is cognitive dissonance?
Answer
  • Unpleasant state when an individual's attitudes and behaviours are inconsistent with one another
  • Unpleasant state when an individual's attitudes and behaviours are inconsistent with those society upholds
  • Pleasant state when an individual's attitudes and behaviours are consistent with one another
  • Pleasant state when an individual's attitudes and behaviours are consistent with those society upholds

Question 9

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Cooper and Fazio (1984) stated that 4 condition need to be met for cognitive dissonance to result in attitude revision. What were they?
Answer
  • (1) Has to realise negative consequences of inconsistency (2) Has to take responsibility for the action (3) Has to feel psychological arousal (4) Has to attribute arousal to inconsistency
  • (1) Has to realise negative consequences of inconsistency (2) Has to take responsibility for the action (3) Has to know how to solve inconsistency (4) Has to attribute arousal to inconsistency
  • (1) Has to know how to solve inconsistency (2) Has to feel social pressure to solve inconsistency (3) Has to want to solve inconsistency (4) Has to feel psychological arousal
  • (1) Has to feel social pressure to solve inconsistency (2) Has to want to solve inconsistency (3) Has to feel psychological arousal (4) (4) Has to attribute arousal to inconsistency

Question 10

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What are the three ways to reduce dissonance? MUST ALSO READ NOTES
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  • (1) Approach dissonance directly (2) Reduce importance of inconsistency (3) Reduce discomfort associated with inconsistency
  • (1) Approach dissonance directly (2) Reduce importance of inconsistency (3) Distract self from inconsistency
  • (1) Seek help to approach dissonance (2) Reduce importance of inconsistency (3) Distract self from inconsistency
  • (1) Revise attitudes (2) Seek help to approach dissonance (3) Distract self from inconsistency
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