IDEAL INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA-QATAR
Worksheet 1
Chapter 6: Attitude and Social Cognition
PSYCHOLOGY
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Shihab buys groceries from a store that advertises its responsibility towards protection of
the environment by providing free reusable cloth bags to its customers. This is an example of
changing attitude through ________.
a) Emotional appeal
b) Attractiveness
c) Rational appeal
d) Persuasibility
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2. The centrality of an attitude reflects ……..
a) A person’s degree of negative or positive feelings about an object.
b) Whether an attitude is positive or negative towards an attitude object.
c) The extent to which an attitude would influence the other attitudes in the system.
d) The attitude’s resistance to change
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3. The _________________ of an attitude indicates how positive or negative an attitude is.
a) Valence
b) Extremeness
c) Complexity
d) Centrality
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4. There will be a consistency between attitude and behaviour only when
a) The attitude is not very strong.
b) The person is unaware of his/her attitude.
c) There is a lot of external pressure to behave in a particular way.
d) The persons behaviour is not being watched or evaluated by others.
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5. The concept of balance as proposed by Fritz Heider states that balance is found when:
a) All three sides of the P-O-X triangle are negative.
b) Two sides of the P-O-X triangle are positive, and one side is negative.
c) Two sides of the P-O-X triangle are negative, and one side is positive.
d) There is a state of cognitive dissonance.
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6. The "fundamental attribution error" refers to:
a) The tendency to attribute one’s own failures to external factors.
b) The tendency to overemphasize personal characteristics in explaining others' behaviors
while underestimating situational factors.
c) The tendency to underestimate the impact of situational factors on one’s own behavior.
d) The tendency to attribute others' successes to their personality traits rather than situa-
tional factors.
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VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
7. Tapan felt that higher education was not important for success in life. However, he changed
his attitude after observing his aunt, who was a scientist. Referring to Mohsin’s two-step con-
cept, explain the process of identification?
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8. Sameer feels very happy to join a group of people in his neighbourhood to start a tree plan-
tation campaign. Explain any to components of attitude towards green environment?
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9.What is meant by kernel of truth and self-fulfilling prophecy ?
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10. An attitude towards recycling and reuse needs to be encouraged to conserve the environ-
ment. Examine the factors that will influence attitude change towards this?
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
11. An individual’s attitude may not always be exhibited through behaviour. When would there
be consistency between attitude and behaviour? Explain.
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12.Values and beliefs are not the same as attitudes explain this statement with the help of ex-
amples ?
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13. Athar is popular in school but very careless when it comes to managing his things. He
behaves rudely when his parents ask him to take care of his things. Explain two factors that led
to this type of attitude formation?
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