Deck 4: How Do Attitudes Influence Behavior

Question 1

According to the Theory of Reasoned Action.attitudes are a function of ______.

A)expectancies and values
B)subjective norms and traits
C)subjective norms and identity
D)subjective norms and expectancies

Answer 1

expectancies and values

Question 2

Which of the following statements best summarizes the relations between attitudes and behavior in Fazio and Williams's (1986)examination of attitudes toward U.S.presidential candidates?

A)Attitudes were weak predictors of actual voting behavior
B)Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior.but only when the attitudes were easy to retrieve from memory
C)Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior.but they were even stronger predictors when the attitudes were more accessible from memory.
D)Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior.but more so when attitudes were highly accessible and held with high certainty.

Answer 2

Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior.but they were even stronger predictors when the attitudes were more accessible from memory.

Question 3

From a social psychological perspective.habits are merely ______.

A)behaviors that we have performed frequently
B)behaviors that we have performed without awareness and are difficult to control
C)learned sequences of acts that are automatic responses to specific cues
D)behaviors that we have performed without awareness and are difficult to control and learned sequences of acts that are automatic responses to specific cues

Answer 3

behaviors that we have performed without awareness and are difficult to control and learned sequences of acts that are automatic responses to specific cues

Question 4

Imagine that you reluctantly agree to buy a camera for a friend who is leaving for a holiday minutes from now.You are close to Future Shop and COSTCO.You like COSTCO more than Future Shop.COSTCO has a wider range of departments suggest that you will go to look for the camera?

A)Future Shop
B)COSTCO
C)It depends on the subjective importance of my attitude toward COSTCO.
D)It depends on the subjective importance of my attitude toward ASDA.

Question 5

A key difference between the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned Behavior is the role of ______.

A)planning in advance of behavior
B)perceived behavioral control
C)behavioral intentions
D)subjective norms

Question 6

Armitage and Conner's (2001)meta-analysis of 185 studies found strong support for which model below?

A)Theory of Reasoned Action
B)Theory of Planned Behavior
C)Composite Model
D)MODE Model

Question 7

Implementation intentions describe ______.

A) whether the individual intends to perform a behavior
B) when.where.and how the individual intends to perform a behavior
C) why an individual intends to perform a behavior
D) all of these

Question 8

Evidence suggests that the Theory of Planned Behavior could be improved by the consideration of ______.

A)habits
B)anticipated negative self-conscious emotion
C)moral norms
D)all of these

Question 9

Compared to the Theory of Planned Behavior.the MODE model is better suited to examining the ______.

A)role of attitude in spontaneous information processing
B)role of attitude in deliberate information processing
C)role of attitude stability over time
D)role of attitude in spontaneous information processing and role of attitude stability over time

Question 10

Verplanken.Aarts.van Knippenberg.and Moonen (1998)found that daily decisions about whether to take a bicycle.bus.train.or car to work were predicted by ______.

A)attitudes
B)behavioral intentions only when participants' habits were strong
C)habit even after Theory of Planned Behavior variables were taken into account
D)behavioral intentions only when participants' habits were strong and habit even after Theory of Planned Behavior variables were taken into account

Question 11

Which statement below describes the findings of Lawton.Conner.and Parker (2007)?

A)Beliefs about negative outcomes from a behavior almost always predict the behavior more than do beliefs about positive outcomes.
B)Beliefs about negative outcomes from a behavior almost always predict the behavior less than do beliefs about positive outcomes.
C)Some behaviors are more strongly predicted by beliefs about negative outcomes than by beliefs about positive outcomes.while other behaviors are less strongly predicted by beliefs about negative outcomes than by beliefs about positive outcomes.
D)Beliefs about negative outcomes are most important in predicting the maintenance of behavior.but beliefs about positive outcomes are most important in the initiation of behavior.

Question 12

Timothy Wilson and colleagues (1989)have found that analysing reasons for holding an attitude causes ______.

A)the attitude to change when people lack knowledge about the attitude object
B)people to report new attitudes that are weaker predictors of affectively-driven behavior
C)the attitude to become stronger and more accurate
D)the attitude to change when people lack knowledge about the attitude object and causes people to report new attitudes that are weaker predictors of affectively-driven behavior