Psychology · UNIT 08 · MOCK TEST

Mock 1 – Social Cognition & Attitudes

Unit 8: Social Psychology · 16 questions · about 19 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

All 3 topic-wise mocks in this unit

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Q1.

Match the following :

List I	List II
A. Theory of Correspondent Inference	I. Kelley
B. Balance Theory of Liking	II. Festinger
C. Covariation Theory	III. Jones & Davis
D. Social Comparison Theory	IV. Newcomb

AA-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II BA-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I CA-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II DA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Q2.

The process by which one person tries to change the belief, opinion, position or course of action of another person through argument, pleading or explanation is an example of

ASocial influence BDeindividuation CPersuasion DProsocial behaviour

Q3.

Attitude which is conscious and easy to report is called

AImplicit attitude BExplicit attitude CUnconscious attitude DIntrinsic attitude

Q4.

A theory which advocates prejudice stems, at least in part, from economic competition between social groups is

AContact hypothesis BSocial identify theory CRealistic conflict theory DRepulsion hypothesis

Q5.

Which of the following can faster prejudice ?

(A) Threats to self-esteem

(B) Competition for resources

(D) Social recategorization

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A(A), (C), (D) only B(A), (B), (C) only C(A), (B), (D) only D(B), (C), (D) only

Q6.

Resistance to persuasion may be increased :

(A) Reactance

(B) Emotional appeal

(D) Selective avoidance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A(A), (B) only B(B), (C) only C(A), (B), (D) only D(A), (C), (D) only

Q7.

Match List-I with List-II.

List I	List II
A. Theory of planned behaviour	I. Tajfel and Turner
B. Theory of causal attribution	II. Pettigrew
C. Social identity theory	III. Ajzen & Fishbein
D. Contact hypothesis	IV. Kelley

AA-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III BA-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV CA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II DA-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Q8.

The 'Robber's Cave' experiment by Sherif showed the value of ______ in reducing prejudice.

AContact BSuperordinate goals CSubordinate goals DStereotypes

Q9.

Which of the following about acculturation is NOT correct ?

A. It includes sticking to one's cultural beliefs

B. It involves displaying prejudice toward people from different cultures

C. It involves adopting new ways of behaving

D. It involves balancing between values of two different cultures

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AC only BA and B only CA, B and C only DD only

Q10.

Given below are two statements

Statement I: Being marginalized also means you are discriminated.

Statement II: Marginalization and discriminations are not related.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options

given below

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

A group of researchers were curious to understand the behaviour of guards in prisons and wanted to know whether it was due to dispositional (personality) or environment-dependent (situational) factors. To study the roles of guards and prisoners they created a mock prison. 23 men unfamiliar with each other volunteered to participate in the study and were assigned the roles of prisoners and guards. Both adapted to their new roles. A rebellion on the second day led to harsh retaliation by the guards. Ruthless retributive action was taken to punish the prisoners. The researchers intended to run the experiment for 2 weeks. It was, however, terminated on the sixth day due to the emotional breakdown of prisoners and excessive aggression by the guards. The experiment revealed how people conform to the social roles they are expected to play.

Q11.

This study shows that we behave according to our:

Abeliefs Battitudes Croles Dbackground

Q12.

If a person's distinctive social category makes him or her vulnerable to stereotyping, it is referred to as:-

AToken integration BNeosexism CIngratiation DToken bias

Q13.

Attitudes can be classically conditioned even without our awareness by which of the following?

(A) Subliminal conditioning

(B) Observational learning

(D) Social networks

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

A(A) and (B) only B(B) and (C) only C(A) and (C) only D(B) and (D) only

Q14.

Which of the following characterizes Cognitive Dissonance?

(A) Dissonance often occurs in situations involving forced compliance

(B) Attempts to resolve dissonance are reflected in increased cortical activity

(D) Dissonance is stronger when we have little justification for our attitude – inconsistent behaviour

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

A(A), (B) and (C) only B(A), (B) and (D) only C(B), (C) and (D) only D(A), (B), (C) and (D) only

Q15.

Match List I with List II

List I – Social concept	List II – Explanation
A. Elaboration Likelihood Model	I. Gender stereotypes
B. Realistic Conflict Theory	II. Central and peripheral route to persuasion
C. Glass Cliff	III. Ideological change in core aspect of a group
D. Schism	IV. Intergroup competition as a source of prejudice

A(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV) B(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II) C(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III) D(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Q16.

Which one of the following is the correct description of Old Fashioned Racism?

AA contemporary form of antagonism towards a racial group based on prejudice and values rather than on self-interest BBeliefs in which racial superiority, segregation and formal discrimination CAttitude towards a racial group, combing egalitarian social values and negative emotion resulting in avoidance of that group DWell learned sets of association that can be automatically activated, uncontrollable and unintentional

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