Deck 4: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Attribution

Question 1

Preconceived thoughts or beliefs can affect whether or not we hear opinions or information that disagree with our own.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins was a legal case where a female lawyer claimed discrimination based on gender stereotyped statements.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Festinger (1957) suggested to refer to which of the following when we perceive an inconsistency between two or more of our internal attitudes or between our behavior and attitudes.

A) attitude shift
B) cognitive dissonance
C) disequilibrium
D) psychoneurotic
E) perceptual illusion

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The process by which we interpret and organize sensory information to produce a meaningful experience of the world is known as:

A) attitude.
B) perception.
C) cognition.
D) intuition.
E) judgment.

Question 5

Managers make attributions about employees based on "consistency" and "distinctiveness" as well as "the extent to which an employee's performance is the same or different from other employees," otherwise known as:

A) attributes.
B) stereotype.
C) consensus.
D) differentiation.
E) habit.

Question 6

When a person evaluates another as generally low on many traits after observing poor performance on just one trait, the negative carryover effect is known as:

A) stereotype.
B) placebo effect.
C) horn effect.
D) halo effect.
E) angel syndrome.

Question 7

Overly generalized, and typically negative, views about a group of people is known as a:

A) stereotype.
B) projection.
C) halo effect.
D) Pygmalion effect.
E) sublimation.

Question 8

The tri-component model suggests that human attitudes have three factors. They are:

A) love, intimacy, passion.
B) biological, chemical, learned.
C) physical, mental, spiritual.
D) behavioral, mechanical, mental.
E) actions, beliefs, feelings.

Question 9

What is another name for the "self-fulfilling prophesy" where individuals tend to live up to other's stated expectations about us?

A) Stereotype
B) Projection
C) Halo effect
D) Pygmalion effect
E) Sublimation

Question 10

Which of the following are part of the "Big 5" personality traits measured with personality tests?

A) Neuroticism
B) Spirituality
C) Extroversion
D) Agreeableness
E) Openness