Attitudes And Perceptions Exam Prep Borkowski Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Attitudes and Perceptions

True/False

1. Preconceived thoughts or beliefs can affect whether or not we hear opinions or information that disagree with our own.

<Complexity: Moderate>

<Subject: Perception, Chapter 3>

1. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins was a legal case where a female lawyer claimed discrimination based on gender stereotyped statements.

<Complexity: Moderate>

<Subject: Social Perception, Chapter 3>

Multiple Choice

1. Festinger (1957) suggested to refer to which of the following when we perceive an inconsistency between two or more of our internal attitudes or between our behavior and attitudes.

[1] attitude shift

[2] cognitive dissonance

[3] disequilibrium

[4] psychoneurotic

[5] perceptual illusion

<Complexity: Easy>

<Subject: Cognitive Dissonance, Chapter 3>

1. The process by which we interpret and organize sensory information to produce a meaningful experience of the world is known as:

[1] attitude.

[2] perception.

[3] cognition.

[4] intuition.

[5] judgment.

<Complexity: Moderate>

<Subject: Perception, Chapter 3>

1. Managers make attributions about employees based on “consistency” and “distinctiveness” as well as “the extent to which an employee's performance is the same or different from other employees,” otherwise known as:

[1] attributes.

[2] stereotype.

[3] consensus.

[4] differentiation.

[5] habit.

<Complexity: Moderate>

<Subject: Attribution Theory, Chapter 3>

1. When a person evaluates another as generally low on many traits after observing poor performance on just one trait, the negative carryover effect is known as:

[1] stereotype.

[2] placebo effect.

[3] horn effect.

[4] halo effect.

[5] angel syndrome.

<Complexity: Easy>

<Subject: Social Perception, Chapter 3>

1. Overly generalized, and typically negative, views about a group of people is known as a:

[1] stereotype.

[2] projection.

[3] halo effect.

[4] Pygmalion effect.

[5] sublimation.

<Complexity: Easy>

<Subject: Social Perception, Chapter 3>

1. The tri-component model suggests that human attitudes have three factors. They are:

[1] love, intimacy, passion.

[2] biological, chemical, learned.

[3] physical, mental, spiritual.

[4] behavioral, mechanical, mental.

[5] actions, beliefs, feelings.

<Complexity: Easy>

<Subject: Attitudes, Chapter 3>

1. What is another name for the “self-fulfilling prophesy” where individuals tend to live up to other’s stated expectations about us?

[1] Stereotype

[2] Projection

[3] Halo effect

[4] Pygmalion effect

[5] Sublimation

<Complexity: Easy>

<Subject: Social Perception, Chapter 3>

Multiple Response

1. Which of the following are part of the “Big 5” personality traits measured with personality tests?

[1] Neuroticism

[2] Spirituality

[3] Extroversion

[4] Agreeableness

[5] Openness

<Complexity: Moderate>

<Subject: Employee Selection, Chapter 3>