Exam 6: Attitudes: Making Evaluations About the World

James is trying to decide if he wants to exercise.He thinks exercise is important and knows that his doctor,friends,and family want him to exercise.However,he is not sure if he is too out of shape to initiate an exercise routine.His belief that he might not be able to engage in exercise because of his fitness level best represents which component of the theory of planned behavior?

___________ measures how easily we associate categories with positive or negative attitudes?

What can researchers do to help minimize the tendency for participants to report socially desirable responses and encourage answers that are truthful?

Define ambivalence and explain what it means to hold an ambivalent attitude.

Cooper and Fazio proposed a modification to cognitive dissonance theory.Name and describe the four steps that they argue are involved in the arousal and reduction of cognitive dissonance?

Which of the following has been found to influence the formation and development of attitudes?

Researchers have found that lung cancer patients who are optimistic tend to live longer than those with patients with a pessimistic attitude.According to your textbook,what was one suggested reason for the difference in survival rates?

Which theory suggests that,in the face of threat,people will try to restore their self-worth by reaffirming their values?

A teacher rewards his students with a piece of candy every time they pass in their homework on time.The number of students who turn their homework on the due date increases.This illustrates what type of learning?

The specificity,personal relevance,and accessibility of an attitude does not appear to be important for predicting behavior.

Affective experiences are most closely associated with which of the following?

Which method of learning involves rewarding desirable behavior and punishing undesirable behavior?

What is the name-letter effect? What impact might this effect have on your life?

Jerry has been watching news stories about terrorist attacks all week which means that he will likely think about terrorism and terrorists more often.

Briefly describe two ways in which attitudes can be assessed.

According to your textbook,what is one suggested reason why we are more likely to pay attention to negative information over positive information?

Affect is one main component of an attitude.

Your parents are trying to reduce the number of times you skip your high school classes.They take away your phone privileges every time they find out you did not go to class.This is an example of:

Observational learning is another name for:

A doctor administers a drug to a patient in a small room in the hospital.This drug increases the heart rate of the patient.After awhile,the patient's heart rate increases just by being in the small room before the drug is even given.In this example,what is the unconditioned response?