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Yr 11 Psychology
ATTITUDES
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TOPIC TEST
1. Which of the following statements regarding attitudes is true?
a. Attitudes are influenced by the society in which we live.
b. Most of our attitudes can be attributed to inborn tendencies.
c. We are always aware of our attitudes.
d. Attitudes are easily changed.
2. The measurement of attitudes is valuable to psychologists because they:
a. Can be used to predict future actions
b. Are useful for studying academic attitudes
c. Represent unconscious and conscious cognitive interventions
d. Predict mutual interdependence goals
3. Which of the following is not a component of the tricomponent model of attitudes?
a. Feelings
b. Beliefs
c. Observation of behaviour
d. Actions
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b.
c.
d.
To find out if an advertising campaign has influenced peoples’ attitudes about a political party’s
policies, a researcher makes a videotape of a group of people discussing the campaign and how
they will vote in the election.
With regard to measuring attitudes, this method assesses:
The behavioural and cognitive components only.
The behavioural and affective components only.
The affective and cognitive components only.
Affective, cognitive and behavioural components.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
Which of the following are not sources of attitude formation?
Direct contact
Child rearing practices
Media
Superordinate goals
6. Which of the following best illustrates stereotyping?
a. Stella avoids venues that play loud music.
b. Lawrence thinks that teenagers are irresponsible and reckless.
c. Minh goes out of his way to assist people visiting his town for the first time.
d. Justin believes that there is too much focus on sport at his school.
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7. A major limitation of stereotypes is that they:
a. are overt behaviours.
b. categorise people and make them appear more different than they actually are.
c. categorise people and make them appear more similar than they actually are.
d. are covert behaviours.
8. A difference between prejudice and discrimination is that:
a. prejudice is indirect while discrimination is always direct.
b. prejudice refers to an attitude while discrimination refers to behaviour.
c. discrimination leads to prejudice but prejudice does not lead to discrimination.
d. prejudice is always negative; discrimination can be either positive or negative.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, attitudes are changed because
emotionally persuasive arguments unfreeze beliefs.
logical arguments alter the belief component of an attitude.
clashing thoughts cause mental discomfort.
acting contrary to one's beliefs for a large reward causes dissonance.
10. To reduce prejudice against older people in the workplace the Government has implemented
an advertising campaign that discredits some of the misconceptions held about older people.
A strategy such as this one involves:
a. sustained contact
b. a cognitive intervention
c. mutual interdependence
d. establishing equality of status
11. Beyonce met a boy at a party who wore board shorts and had blonde hair, and was particularly
drunk and obnoxious. Jayde told her friend that he must be a surfer and that she couldn’t
stand surfers as they always drank too much or took drugs. Which of the following terms best
describes Beyonce’s expressed opinion about the boy?
a. Prejudice
b. Discrimination
c. Cognitive intervention
d. Stereotype
12. In Sherif’s l956 Robber’s Cave experiment two groups of children were trained to demonstrate
rivalry and conflict. However, it was found that when the two groups were required to work
together to achieve a common aim, their rivalry was reduced and co-operation was increased.
The term Sherif applied to the common aim was:
a. an interdependent goal
b. a sustained contact
c. a superordinate goal
d. equality of status
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13. A Likert scale is used to:
a. measure the strength or direction of an attitude
b. obtain qualitative data on attitudes
c. record observations of behaviour believed to be associated with a particular attitude
d. obtain both qualitative and quantitative data on attitudes
14. A test designed to measure attitudes contains the item below. Respondents are required to
select a response from the range given.
Q: I feel good about my work on the job:
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree
The most appropriate term for a test containing items such as these is a (n):
a. Questionnaire
b. Likert scale
c. Survey
d. Self-report
15. Volunteering at an op-shop is an example of which component of an attitude?
a. Affective
b. Behavioural
c. Cognitive
d. None of the above
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. How do psychologists define the term ‘attitude’.
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2. How do psychologists define the term ‘prejudice’?
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3. James loves pizza but knows it is not good for him.
Use the tri-component theory of attitudes to analyse James’s attitude to pizza. Name each
component and state how James would demonstrate this component.
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Component
Way in which component may be demonstrated by James
4. Using an example, distinguish between prejudice and discrimination.
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a. Explain what is meant by ‘sexism’ ?
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b. Give an example of a way in which sexism may be expressed in the workplace.
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c. Describe a strategy involving the use of interdependence and superordinate goals that could
be used to help reduce sexism in the workplace.
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