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Attitudes have affective, behavioural and which third component?Read the answer and worked solution →Leon Festinger in 1957 defined the discomfort of holding inconsistent beliefs and behaviours as:Read the answer and worked solution →Carl Hovland's research on persuasion for the U.S. Army led to the:Read the answer and worked solution →A car ad stressing safety data and fuel economy uses which route to persuasion?Read the answer and worked solution →An athlete endorsing shoes persuades through the:Read the answer and worked solution →Getting someone to agree to a small request before a larger one is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Asch's line studies, what share of participants conformed to the group at least once?Read the answer and worked solution →In Milgram's experiment, what share of participants continued shocking to the maximum voltage?Read the answer and worked solution →Milgram's shocks increased in 15-volt steps up to:Read the answer and worked solution →Group members modifying opinions to match what they think the group consensus is, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The US-Soviet nuclear arms race is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →Doing less work in a group project because others will pick up the slack is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the attribution biasesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the conformity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the classic studiesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the social psychology namesRead the answer and worked solution →Fit in or be rightRead the answer and worked solution →Sort persuasion, conformity and groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Social psychology bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Attitudes have affective, behavioural and which third component?

  1. Cognitive
  2. Genetic
  3. Physical
  4. Cultural
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Correct answer: A. Cognitive

1. Affective is feeling, behavioural is action. 2. Cognitive is belief and knowledge. 3. Attitudes are usually positive or negative. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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Leon Festinger in 1957 defined the discomfort of holding inconsistent beliefs and behaviours as:

  1. Normative influence
  2. Cognitive dissonance
  3. Social loafing
  4. Group polarization
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Correct answer: B. Cognitive dissonance

1. A smoker who believes smoking harms health feels it. 2. This is cognitive dissonance. 3. People change behaviour or belief to reduce it. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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Carl Hovland's research on persuasion for the U.S. Army led to the:

  1. Foot-in-the-door technique
  2. Stanford prison study
  3. Yale attitude change approach
  4. Elaboration likelihood model
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Correct answer: C. Yale attitude change approach

1. He continued the work at Yale after the war. 2. The Yale attitude change approach resulted. 3. It covers source, message and audience. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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