MCQ Bank
Anti-fat prejudice is strongest in _________cultures.
- A) Liberal
- B) Nomadic
- C) Individualistic
- D) Collectivistic
Persuasion is attitude change via a/an _________ message.
- A) Ordinary
- B) Important
- C) Internal
- D) External
Which of the following helps to reduce prejudice?
- A) Society
- B) Religion
- C) Culture
- D) Values
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the situation & attraction?
- A) Continuity
- B) Familiarity
- C) Anxiety
- D) Proximity
Mere __________ is sufficient to elicit intergroup bias.
- A) Discrimination
- B) Categorization
- C) Prejudice
- D) Stereotype
This tendency to be attracted to others who are similar to us in particular characteristics, such as physical attractiveness, is known as the what?
- A) Matching hypothesis
- B) Physical attractiveness
- C) Attraction
- D) Affiliation theory
Which part of the brain is more activated in an introvert that is responsible for pain alarm center?
- A) Anterior cingulate
- B) Thalamus
- C) Medulla oblongata
- D) Cerebrum
According to research, how much time we usually spend with others?
- A) 2/4
- B) 1/4
- C) 1/3
- D) 3/4
Which of the following can be reduced if the contact between members of different social groups is increased?
- A) Jealousy
- B) Stereotypes
- C) Discrimination
- D) Intergroup bias
Status is another form of:
- A) Prejudice
- B) Discrimination
- C) Biasness
- D) Negative association
Who gave the idea of the contact hypothesis?
- A) Galton
- B) Allport
- C) Rogers
- D) Freud
Which of the following means having a smaller or less satisfying network of social and intimate relationships than we desire?
- A) Dispersion
- B) Hate
- C) Loneliness
- D) Isolation
Which of the following explains our need for affiliation?
- A) Social affiliation theory
- B) Social comparison theory
- C) Social cognitive theory
- D) Social bias theory
Which of the following implies that those who feel their social identity keenly tend to categorize people as us or them?
- A) Social learning theory
- B) Social role theory
- C) Theory of planned behavior
- D) Social identity theory
Which of the following is defined as weak version of an opposing argument that stimulates defense against a future opposing argument?
- A) Attitude formation
- B) Attitudinal Immaturity
- C) Attitudinal orientation
- D) Attitudinal Inoculation
Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswick, Levinson, & Stanford (1950) constructed the ______________ scale to measure authoritarian personality.
- A) Fascist
- B) MMPI
- C) CPI
- D) Five factor
Which of the following is a self-confirming apprehension that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype?
- A) Negative thinking
- B) Stereotype threat
- C) Internal thinking
- D) Irrational beliefs
"Our self esteem is partly determined by the social esteem of our group and we enjoy in the reflected glory of our group" refers to which of the followings?
- A) Conflict theory
- B) Realistic group conflict theory
- C) Social identity theory
- D) Self esteem theory
Which of the following is a negative behavior directed towards the members of a prejudiced social group?
- A) Stereotypes
- B) Discrimination
- C) Attitude
- D) Behavior
Who was the first to introduce the Principle of Cognitive consistency?
- A) Fritz Heider
- B) McGarry
- C) Aarther
- D) Rosch