Exam 7: Attitudes, Behavior, and Rationalization

Candice really likes action films.According to the research on introspection, which of the following is most likely to weaken the association between her attitude toward action films and her intention to go to see an action film at the theater?

Mark cannot decide which video game to purchase.After thinking it over, he buys the latest fighting game.As he leaves the store, he feels an uncomfortable tension.In order to resolve this tension, Mark must engage in

According to the text, which of the following studies best supports Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory?

According to cognitive dissonance theory, people betting on horses at the racetrack should feel less confident after placing their bets than before placing their bets.

Dissonance theory suggests that people ____________ their attitudes as a result of dissonance, whereas self-perception theory suggests that people _____________ their attitudes from observing their behaviors.

Recall that Wilson and his colleagues asked students about a person they were dating.Participants in Group 1 were simply asked for an overall evaluation of their relationship.Participants in Group 2 first were asked to list why they felt the way they did.Following this, they gave their overall evaluation of their relationships.Nearly nine months later, the researchers recontacted all participants and asked about the current status of their relationships.Which of the following statements most accurately captures the study's results?

George believes that child safety is important, yet often forgets to use a car seat when taking his toddler to day care.What does this illustrate about the relationship between attitudes and behavior?

Research on balance theory has presented participants with various balanced and unbalanced threesomes (triads)and measured their memory for the scenarios and their responses to the people.What has this research found?

The conditions that prompt cognitive dissonance are the same for all cultures.

Self-perception processes are engaged primarily when one's prior attitudes are weak or unclear.

According to the textbook, research on cognitive dissonance teaches a broad and important lesson about how to influence someone else's attitudes.Specifically, if you want people to ____________ the broader value or message behind what you got them to do, then you should use the ____________ amount of incentive or coercion necessary to induce compliance.

Many people who choose not to have children suspect that homebound, sleep-deprived, and financially strapped parents are fooling themselves when they say that nothing in life brings them more pleasure than parenthood.In other words, these childless people suggest that parents put a lot of energy into ____________ in order to decrease cognitive dissonance.

According to the textbook, the self-perception processes posited by Daryl Bem are particularly likely to be invoked when

Induced compliance is a form of behavior that

To learn whether participants' responses in cognitive dissonance experiments are the product of dispassionate reasoning, Daryl Bem conducted a number of interpersonal stimulations.Which of the following are features of such simulations?

Cognitive dissonance theory and self-perception theory differ in that self-perception theory emphasizes that

Michelle has just watched a film that showed several high-speed chases on city streets.On her way home from the theater, she drives much faster than normal.This example illustrates the power of ____________ as a determinant of behavior.

Carol is a student from China and is good friends with Tanja, a student from Germany.According to research on cognitive dissonance, when is Carol more likely to experience dissonance, compared with Tanja?

According to the concept of effort justification,

Both cognitive dissonance theory and balance theory are referred to as ____________ theories.