One of the first investigators to suggest that learning principles could be applied to attitudes was
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Cognitive Dissonance is:
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The process by which information about others is converted into more or less enduring cognitions or thoughts about them is called
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Who has given the theory of cognitive dissonance?
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There is little doubt that many of the attitudes we hold are influenced by . . . . . . . .
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
| List-I (Tactics) | List-II (Explanation) |
| A. Foot-in-the-door-technique | 1. Person employing this tactic starts with a very large request. After that request is refused, a much, smaller one is made |
| B. Door-in-the-face technique | 2. People start with a trivial request and then, when this is granted, move on to a larger request, the one they really wanted all along |
| C. Playing hard to get | 3. Individuals try to create the impression that they are very popular or very much in demand |
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The most common method of measuring attitudes is the
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The theory of planned behaviour is proposed by
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Items such as "would exclude from my country" or "would admit to marriage in my family" are found in which attitude measure?
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Which one of the following statements is correct about bogus pipeline?
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Biased Assimilation is the tendency
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. . . . . . . . is/are major way/ways for a person to reduce dissonance.
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. . . . . . . . is the term used to refer to the situation in which individuals change their beliefs or behaviours so that they become more similar to those of other group members.
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Doob proposed that the principles of . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . could be used to explain the formation and change of attitudes in much the same way that they have been applied to overt behaviour.
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Self-report measures are accurate only to the extent that respondents are willing or able to report their attitudes . . . . . . . .
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The first major attempt to formulate the implicit rules was made by
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Match List-I (Validity/clinical scales of MMPI) with List-II (characteristics of high scores on these scales) and select the correct answer:
| List-I | List-II |
| A. Lie Scale | 1. Feeling of hopelessness and worthlessness |
| B. Paranoia Scale | 2. Excessive concern about health, exaggeration of real or imagined physical ailments |
| C. Depression Scale | 3. Denial of common personal faults, defensiveness |
| D. Hypochondriasis scale | 4. Obsessive-compulsiveness, excessive introspection that dwells on fears and self-doubts |
| 5. Defensiveness, suspiciousness and jealousy |
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When we watch commercials we know fully well that these messages are designed to change our views. This kind of knowledge is known as
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Which one of the following options about impression formation is correct?
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. . . . . . . . can also be used to provide information about the percentage of the population that supports the use of marijuana, the death penalty or a low-cost housing project.
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