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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

A Role schemes

B Person schemas

C Actor-observer effects

D Stereotypes

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Correct Answer: Stereotypes

Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

A This strength of the self-serving bias is the same across cultures

B We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors

C The usual explanation for the self-serving bias relates to cognitive factors.

D Attributing success to external causes has been referred has been referred to as the self-enhancing bias.

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Correct Answer: We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors

Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?

A Well development schemas change readily when faced with disconfirming evidence.

B The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.

C In the book-keeping model disconfirming instances of the stereotype are relegated to ‘exceptional’ sub-categories largely intact.

D The conversion model proposes that there is fine-tuning of a schema with each new piece of information.

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Correct Answer: The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.

Devine’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated thatprocessing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas_processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious.

A Automatic; controlled

B Controlled; automatic

C Schematic; revised

D Subtype; evaluative

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Correct Answer: Automatic; controlled

We know that before we can apply a scheme to a social object, we have to categorize it. But which of the below statements about categorization is NOT the case?

A We usually employ categorians with little conscious effort.

B Research on categorization stems from the pioneering work of cognitive scientist Eleanor Rosch and her colleagues.

C The categorization of events is a more complex process than that of inanimate objects.

D The instances in a social category that represent the category as a whole are referred to as exemplars.

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Correct Answer: The instances in a social category that represent the category as a whole are referred to as exemplars.

How is the ultimate attribution error(UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect?

A UAE underlies all the other biases

B UAE refers to attributional biases that occur at the group level

C UAE only applies to ingroups

D UAE refers to attributional biases that occur the individual level

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Correct Answer: UAE refers to attributional biases that occur at the group level

Although the jones-Davis (19610) and Kelley (1967) models of attribution view the social perceiver as a rational person empirical research has discovered present biases in the attributional processes. Which of these is NOT one of those presistent biases?

A The fundamental attribution error.

B The actor-observer effect.

C The self-serving bias.

D The critical attribution error.

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Correct Answer: The critical attribution error.

According to McGuire’s(1969) information-processing approach to persuasion, a message will elicit the desired behaviour only if it succeeded at six stages. But which of the options below is NOT one of these stages?

A Attention stage

B Retention stage

C Yielding stage

D Fielding stage

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Correct Answer: Fielding stage

Research by Festinger and colleagues demonstrated that when people were paid $1 for their participation in a dull task, they were more favourably to the dull task compared to people whowere paid $20. Which theory was put forth to explain why people alter their true attitudes to match their past or actual behaviour?

A Attribution theory

B Actor-observer effect

C Cognitive dissonance theory

D Theory of planned behaviour

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Correct Answer: Cognitive dissonance theory

Research by Fishbein and Ajzen has indicated that in order to demonstrate strong links between attitudes and behaviours, an assessment of several behaviours relevent to the attitude being measured is necessary.This type of assessment is referred to as the:

A Multiple-act criterion

B Multi-behaviour criterion

C Multi-attitude assessment

D Attitude-behaviour consistency

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Correct Answer: Multiple-act criterion

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?

Devine’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated thatprocessing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas_processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious.

We know that before we can apply a scheme to a social object, we have to categorize it. But which of the below statements about categorization is NOT the case?

How is the ultimate attribution error(UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect?

Although the jones-Davis (19610) and Kelley (1967) models of attribution view the social perceiver as a rational person empirical research has discovered present biases in the attributional processes. Which of these is NOT one of those presistent biases?

According to McGuire’s(1969) information-processing approach to persuasion, a message will elicit the desired behaviour only if it succeeded at six stages. But which of the options below is NOT one of these stages?

Research by Fishbein and Ajzen has indicated that in order to demonstrate strong links between attitudes and behaviours, an assessment of several behaviours relevent to the attitude being measured is necessary.This type of assessment is referred to as the:

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

All Topics 6084

All Topics 6084

Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?

Devine’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated that______processing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas_______processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious.

We know that before we can apply a scheme to a social object, we have to categorize it. But which of the below statements about categorization is NOT the case?

How is the ultimate attribution error(UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect?

Although the jones-Davis (19610) and Kelley (1967) models of attribution view the social perceiver as a rational person empirical research has discovered present biases in the attributional processes. Which of these is NOT one of those presistent biases?

According to McGuire’s(1969) information-processing approach to persuasion, a message will elicit the desired behaviour only if it succeeded at six stages. But which of the options below is NOT one of these stages?

Research by Fishbein and Ajzen has indicated that in order to demonstrate strong links between attitudes and behaviours, an assessment of several behaviours relevent to the attitude being measured is necessary.This type of assessment is referred to as the:

Devine’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated thatprocessing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas_processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious.