Question 1

Warm personal relationships are highly unlikely to make people consider ideas that seem threatening.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Publicly urging others to believe or do something that is opposed to what the speaker or persuader actually believes is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  hyperpersonal perspective 
B)  counterattitudinal advocacy 
C)  self-affirmation 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
A)  hyperpersonal perspective 
B)  counterattitudinal advocacy 
C)  self-affirmation 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 3

Postdecision dissonance is likely to heighten when an individual delays in choosing between two equally attractive alternatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How might one's level of cognitive complexity influence how much a person is swayed by cognitive dissonance? Is it fair to say that a person who scores high on cognitive complex is highly capable of dealing with a dissonance between attitude and action?

Accepted Answer

One's level of cognitive complexity can

Question 5

Having run his own $1/$20 experiment, Daryl Bem states that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Festinger's basic hypothesis remains sound. 
B)  Aronson's contributions to the theory are suspicious. 
C)  recent assertions about self-perception enhance the minimal justification hypothesis. 
D)  self-perception is a simpler explanation of the observed behavior than cognitive dissonance. 
A)  Festinger's basic hypothesis remains sound. 
B)  Aronson's contributions to the theory are suspicious. 
C)  recent assertions about self-perception enhance the minimal justification hypothesis. 
D)  self-perception is a simpler explanation of the observed behavior than cognitive dissonance.

Question 6

Compare the three influence theories featured in this book. What are their primary similarities and differences? Which do you find most compelling, useful, problematic, difficult to understand, or apply?

Accepted Answer

The three influence theories featured in

Question 7

Dorothy, a social activist, loves to listen to speeches of well-known activists. She loves to read autobiographies of renowned social workers and their journey toward successful reforms. Her circle of friends mainly comprises people who care for society. In this case, Dorothy's tendency most likely exemplifies ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  self-perception 
C)  selective exposure hypothesis 
D)  minimal justification hypothesis 
A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  self-perception 
C)  selective exposure hypothesis 
D)  minimal justification hypothesis

Question 8

What would Festinger have to say about the "Just say no!" drug prevention campaign?

Accepted Answer

Leon Festinger was a social psychologist

Question 9

For Joel Cooper, dissonance is generated by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the knowledge that one's actions have unnecessarily hurt another person. 
B)  high self-esteem. 
C)  low self-esteem. 
D)  the fact that we are rationalizing, rather than rational, animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves. 
A)  the knowledge that one's actions have unnecessarily hurt another person. 
B)  high self-esteem. 
C)  low self-esteem. 
D)  the fact that we are rationalizing, rather than rational, animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves.

Question 10

Respond to the following quote: "Of all the theories presented in this book (or so far in this class), cognitive dissonance engenders the least respect for human nature."

Accepted Answer

I disagree with the statement that cogni

Question 11

Entertainment is a tried-and-true way to get around people's selective exposure filters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The reward offered to perform a behavior is inversely proportional to cognitive dissonance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Festinger's minimal justification hypothesis, the best way to affect long-term attitudinal change is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  persuade your subjects that the desired attitude is desirable. 
B)  persuade your subjects to change their behavior and their attitudes will follow. 
C)  use reverse psychology by asking them to believe the opposite. 
D)  offer your subjects a generous reward or severe punishment as inducement. 
A)  persuade your subjects that the desired attitude is desirable. 
B)  persuade your subjects to change their behavior and their attitudes will follow. 
C)  use reverse psychology by asking them to believe the opposite. 
D)  offer your subjects a generous reward or severe punishment as inducement.

Question 14

According to Joel Cooper, dissonance isn't created by inconsistency but by ________.

Accepted Answer

personal r

Exam 16: Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Warm personal relationships are highly unlikely to make people consider ideas that seem threatening.

Publicly urging others to believe or do something that is opposed to what the speaker or persuader actually believes is called ________.

Postdecision dissonance is likely to heighten when an individual delays in choosing between two equally attractive alternatives.

How might one's level of cognitive complexity influence how much a person is swayed by cognitive dissonance? Is it fair to say that a person who scores high on cognitive complex is highly capable of dealing with a dissonance between attitude and action?

Having run his own $1/$20 experiment, Daryl Bem states that:

Compare the three influence theories featured in this book. What are their primary similarities and differences? Which do you find most compelling, useful, problematic, difficult to understand, or apply?

What would Festinger have to say about the "Just say no!" drug prevention campaign?

For Joel Cooper, dissonance is generated by:

Respond to the following quote: "Of all the theories presented in this book (or so far in this class), cognitive dissonance engenders the least respect for human nature."

Entertainment is a tried-and-true way to get around people's selective exposure filters.

The reward offered to perform a behavior is inversely proportional to cognitive dissonance.

According to Festinger's minimal justification hypothesis, the best way to affect long-term attitudinal change is to:

According to Joel Cooper, dissonance isn't created by inconsistency but by ________.

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