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6. Which of these is not a type of group:

  • Task
  • Loose Association
  • Ability
  • Intimate

7. What do Cooer and Fazio say is important in attitude change and cognitive dissonance?

  • c. Both D and B
  • d. Investment
  • e. Self to blame
  • a. Both B and E
  • b. Negative consequences
  • f. Be temporary and flexible to change

8. Attitudes can be formed by

  • associative learning
  • functional reason
  • All of the above
  • self perception
  • mere exposure

9. Which of these is not a trait of an INSTRUMENTAL LEADER

  • Intervenes in disagreements
  • Asks through hypotheticals
  • Gets task done
  • Gives and summerizes information

10. If an argument is compelling and elaborative it is likely to:

  • f. Be temporary and flexible to change
  • a. Both B and D
  • b. Go through the Central route
  • d. Be long lasting and resistant to change
  • c. Go through the Peripheral route
  • e. Both C and F

11. What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?

  • a conformity bias that leads people to agree with others so as to fit in with a group.
  • a self-serving bias in which people play down their own failures by attributing them to external causes
  • a bias in attributing other people’s behaviour more to internal than situational causes
  • a group-level bias in favour of one’s own group and against particular out-groups against which there exists a rivalry

12. According to Hogg (2008) why do we join groups?

  • to fulfil deep seated psyche needs
  • for self esteem
  • for fun
  • to meet people

13. Fatal Attraction: Which of these is incorrect?

  • Outgoing --> Over the Top
  • Caring --> Clingy
  • Nice--> Flaky
  • Strong--> Stubburn

14. Which of these is NOT a criticism of the Social Representations Theory?

  • The Social Constructionism Theory
  • Does not take into account cognitive structures
  • Still too Individualistic
  • Not Social Enough

15. The Free Choice Paradigm suggests

  • we deliberately search for the positives of the chosen 'product' and negatives of the rejected
  • everything is free
  • we deliberately search for the negatives of the chosen 'product' and positives of the rejected
  • we don't look for positives or negatives

16. Which of these is NOT a type of schema Fiske and Taylor suggested?

  • Event Schema
  • Love Schema
  • Role Schema
  • Self Schema

17. Which of these is not on of the Dark Triads? (Summer et al)

  • Machiavellianism
  • Psychopathy
  • Negativism
  • Narcissism

18. Discursive Psychology is interested in

  • Only external states
  • Internal states only when made relevant by the participant
  • Internal states only
  • Only Internal states

19. Le Bons suggests:

  • Crowds adopt a group mind
  • Increased inhibited behaviour in crowds
  • Those in a crowd keep their individual ideas
  • There is an increase in self evaluation in crowds

20. Knowledge....

  • C. Helps to predict society
  • D. Serves infomation
  • A. Both C and D
  • B. Protects from self truth