In the absence of clear situational incentives and strongly held attitudes, people may deduce their attitude positions by observing their . . . . . . . .
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Which one of the following statements is correct about tactics of impression management?
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Attitude summarize . . . . . . . . and predict or direct future actions.
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. . . . . . . . noted in his famous book on prejudice, that interracial contacts lead to decreased prejudice only when the participants are of equal status.
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched about attributional errors?
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. . . . . . . . means that each person in the target population has an equal chance of being selected in the sample.
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Learning of any new . . . . . . . . requires the understanding and internalisation of values, attitudes and behavioural characteristics of given religious, political, occupational, economic, caste and even play groups.
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The first major attempt to formulate implicit rules was made by
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
| List-I (concepts) | List-II (explanations) |
| A. Extended contact hypothesis | 1. Involves some how inducing individuals to shift the boundary between 'us' and 'them'. |
| B. Recategorization | 2. Suggests that merely knowing that members of their own group have formed close relationship with persons from the other group, can reduce prejudice. |
| C. Social influence | 3. Attempts by one or more persons to change the attitudes or behaviour of one or more others. |
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Festinger and carlsmith performed an experiment designed to test Festinger's theory of
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Psychologist . . . . . . . . has laid great stress on the child's family position or birth order.
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Match List-I (Functions of attitude) with List-II (Behaviours/Action tendencies) and select the correct answer:
| List-I | List-II |
| A. Adjustment | 1. Provides basis for acceptance of any opinion |
| B. Value-expressive | 2. Protects self images |
| C. Ego-defensive | 3. Provides basis for understanding |
| D. Knowledge | 4. Adapts to environment |
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Attitudes are acquired in . . . . . . . . ways.
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. . . . . . . . was the first to suggest that we sometimes deduce our attitude position by direct observation of our own behaviour.
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. . . . . . . . are a compelling set of categories used to describe, remember and communicate our own and other people's behaviour.
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Awareness that one is publicly advocating some attitude or behaviour but then acting in a way that is inconsistent with this attitude or behaviour, is known as
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The cognitive dissonance theory of attitude is proposed by
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. . . . . . . . means that each person in the target population has an equal chance of being selected in the sample.
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. . . . . . . . environment denotes the person's physical environment, climatic conditions and regional area which play significant role in determining social habits, behavioural tendencies and general outlook towards life.
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
| List-I (Type of situationally presented alternatives) | List-II (Analogy to internal conflict) |
| A. Approach-Approach | 1. Caught between the devil and the deep sea |
| B. Avoidance-Avoidance | 2. One step forward two steps backward |
| C. Approach-Avoidance | 3. Possibly one today is worth two tomorrows |
| D. Multiple Approach-Avoidance | 4. No time to stand and stare as I have promises to keep |
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