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Which of the following would better predict a person's support for a republican presidential candidate?

A) His/her implicit attitude
B) His/her explicit attitude
C) Self-perception theory
D) Cognitive-dissonance

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Question 42

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An attitude is most likely to predict behavior in all the following situations EXCEPT

A) when other influences are minimized.
B) when the attitude is specifically relevant to the observed behavior.
C) when the attitude is genetically predisposed.
D) when the attitude is potent.

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Question 43

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A store owner is concerned about shoplifting.Research on potent attitudes suggests that he can reduce theft by

The insufficient justification effect involves reducing dissonance by _______ justifying one's behavior when _______ justification is insufficient.

Although you were opposed to the war with Iraq,your attitude changed when you were required to report on the justifications for it at your job as a newspaper journalist.Which theory best explains the change in your attitude?

What attitude would you like to change,related to school? Describe how you might go about changing that attitude using the theories from this chapter.

Which statement is NOT true according to the research findings on behavior and attitudes?

_____ theory best explains attitude change while _____ theory best explains attitude formation.

Vaughan and Lanzetta's (1981) study required participants to observe someone receiving an electric shock.Some,but not all,of the participants were required to make a pained expression whenever the shock was implemented.The results indicated that compared to those students who were not required to make a pained expression,those who did perspired more and had faster heart rates whenever they observed the person being shocked.Which theory are the results consistent with?

Which theory best explains why 40 percent of smokers in the U.S.judge smoking as not very harmful?

Which statement is true?

Which of the following theories explains the insufficient justification effect by claiming that we explain our behavior by noting the conditions under which it occurs?

Jeremy loses his former interest in doing arithmetic after his teacher promises him $1 for each problem he solves correctly.Which theory best explains Jeremy's loss of interest in arithmetic?

The attitudes-follow-behavior effect is strongest when

According to the dissonance theory,managers,teachers,and parents should use _______ to elicit the desired behavior.

Which technique would a car salesman be most likely to utilize?

You have recently earned a promotion at work and are now a manager.You decide to use your knowledge of social psychology to improve the working conditions of your new subordinates.You know that the dissonance theory predicts that attitudes will follow behaviors for which we feel some responsibility;therefore you decide to use _______ to elicit the desired behaviors in your subordinates.

Dissonance conditions do indeed arouse tension,especially when those conditions threaten

A research study had experimental participants perform a dull task but paid them to lie by telling a prospective participant that the task had been enjoyable.Results showed that the participants who were paid _______ came to believe that the task had been _______.

A favorable or unfavorable evaluation reaction toward something or someone is what social psychologists call a(n)