Exam 6: Attitudes: Making Evaluations About the World

Briefly describe how classical conditioning can impact attitudes.

Researchers have found that optimistic attitudes predict:

Which of the following is NOT considered one of main components of an attitude?

If George likes Italian food and he is invited by his friend to try a new Italian restaurant,he most likely will hold a positive attitude toward these plans.This best illustrates the notion of:

Attitudes,social norms,and perceived behavioral control comprise. components of self-affirmation theory.

Anna will likely experience post-decisional dissonance after she chooses between two equally attractive colleges.

Which theory states that attitudes,social norms,and perceived control will lead to the intention to perform a behavior?

Johnny was in a boating accident when he was little.He realizes that his negative attitude towards the ocean stems from his bad childhood experience.Johnny's attitude towards the ocean represents what type of attitude?

Possessing simultaneously strong contradictory emotions and motivations is defined as:

If people were unaware of their attitudes,you would probably want to AVOID using what type of attitude measure?

A parent offers her child a toy every time he cleans his room.In this example,offering a toy represents which of the following?

Peter is going on vacation and is trying to decide whether he wants to go to Italy or Ireland.He finds them equally attractive places and wants to visit them both.Eventually he chooses Italy.Using the concept of post-decisional dissonance,describe why Peter is likely to indicate that Italy was the better choice all along.

Suppose you wanted to make people's attitudes towards a new product more favorable.Using the mere exposure effect,describe what you could do to increase people's liking of the product.How could this backfire on you?

Jill is trying to decide between a red prom dress that she really likes and a black prom dress that she also really likes.Even though she likes both dresses about the same,she decides to choose the red dress.Now she feels the red dress was actually a better choice and that it looks much better on her than the black dress.Which of the following ideas best accounts for her change in opinion?

Provide the definition of an attitude and describe the three major components an attitude.

Jane tries on a new pair of shoes and thinks that they look just 'ok'.Jane finds that after going back to the store and trying the shoes on again that she really likes the way they look on her.Jane's increased liking can be explained by which of the following?

Personally relevant attitudes are argued to have what kind of effect on behavior?

The statement that taking vitamins is good for your health represents the cognitive component of an attitude.

Why do affective experiences seem to have more of an effect on implicit attitudes than on explicit attitudes?

Distinguish between implicit and explicit attitudes.Provide an example of each.