Deck 9: Attitudes, values, and Behaviors

Question 1

Which of the following groups could be identified as most liberal in the U.S.?

A)Females living in the Midwest.
B)Females living on the West Coast.
C)Males living in the Midwest.
D)Males living on the West Coast.

Answer 1

Females living on the West Coast.

Question 2

According to time-use researchers,what category of time use does commuting to work fall under?

A)productive time
B)free time
C)work time
D)leisure time

Answer 2

productive time

Question 3

Decades of social distance research shows that Americans sense of social distance has only gotten worse.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Your evaluation of a new political candidate may best be described as a(n)____ while your overall political ideology may better be described as a(n)_____.

A)ideology; value.
B)value; attitude.
C)attitude; value.
D)both refer to attitudes

Question 5

Melissa had planned to play 18 holes of golf on the weekend but decided to cut it down to nine holes so that she could go to lunch with her boyfriend.What kind of behavior is she engaging in?

A)time deepening
B)time management
C)stress processing
D)bureaucratic management

Question 6

What kind of bias is the speaker in this story showing?

A)in-group bias
B)out-group bias
C)prejudicial bias
D)both a and b

Question 7

Which of following groups spend the most time on childcare? Which group has shown an increase in time spent with childcare?

A)women for both questions
B)men for both questions
C)men; women
D)women; men

Question 8

In a recent poll,Darnell told the interviewer that he does not care either way in the election.His response reflects what concept?

A)ideology
B)values
C)attitudes
D)nonattitudes

Question 9

LaPiere's study of prejudice clearly showed that

A)most people have some prejudice.
B)most people act on their prejudices.
C)most people do not act on their prejudices.
D)both a and c

Question 10

Nathan started attending KKK meetings when he saw some of his African-American neighbors getting better jobs than him.Which of the following theories best explains Nathan's negative attitudes toward African Americans?

A)social distance theory
B)symbolic interaction
C)Blumer's theory of group position
D)status construction theory

Question 11

Overall,American political attitudes lean on being

A)very conservative.
B)moderately conservative.
C)moderately liberal.
D)very liberal.

Question 12

Which of the following social theorists is most associated with studying racial prejudice in the United States?

A)George Herbert Mead
B)W.E.B.Du Bois
C)Talcott Parsons
D)William Thomas

Question 13

Individuals' attitudes are very strong predictors of their behavior.

Question 14

Based on status construction theory,what would be the best way to get what you want out of a group and leave a positive impression?

A)Act like a very nice person.
B)Act like a generous person.
C)Act like a majority member of society.
D)Act like a high-status person.

Question 15

Research generally shows that American attitudes on most major social issues have been pretty stable over the last 30 years.

Question 16

The slow treatment of Hurricane Katrina victims was used as an example of ___________ in your text?

A)government inefficiency
B)conscious racism
C)unconscious racism
D)none of the above

Question 17

Recent research using the Bogardus social distance scale shows which group to be most "distant" among American students?

A)African Americans
B)Latinos
C)Asians
D)Arabs

Question 18

Equal status,shared goals,group interaction and authority supporting the group are all part of what hypothesis?

A)social contact hypothesis
B)group contact hypothesis
C)team-building hypothesis
D)status construction

Question 19

Americans have more productive than free time.

Question 20

Willer's research showing presidential approval ratings increasing after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.clearly showed

A)in-group bias tendencies.
B)out-group bias tendencies.
C)prejudicial biases.
D)ideological alliances.