Cognitive Psychology and Social Cognition Quiz

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#1

Which of the following is a fundamental concept in cognitive psychology?

Social influence
Sensation
Classical conditioning
Consciousness
#2

What is the term for the mental process of actively and effortfully processing information?

Automatic processing
Selective attention
Effortful processing
Cognitive dissonance
#3

Which term describes the tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal factors and negative outcomes to external factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Cognitive dissonance
Social loafing
#4

What does the concept of 'cognitive dissonance' propose?

People tend to conform to group norms
People seek consistency in their beliefs and attitudes
People are motivated to reduce inconsistencies between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
People tend to attribute their successes to internal factors and failures to external factors
#5

What is the term for the process by which individuals change their beliefs or behaviors to fit in with a group?

Social loafing
Group polarization
Conformity
Obedience
#6

What does the term 'schemas' refer to in cognitive psychology?

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb
Memory structures that organize knowledge
Methods of learning new information
Processes of decision making
#7

Who proposed the theory of social cognitive development?

Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
#8

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing others' actions to internal causes?

Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Social facilitation
Cognitive dissonance
#9

Who is considered the father of social psychology?

Kurt Lewin
Solomon Asch
Gordon Allport
Leon Festinger
#10

What theory suggests that people infer the causes of their own and others' behavior based on observations of behavior and the situation in which the behavior occurs?

Social exchange theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
Attribution theory
Elaboration likelihood model
#11

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to rely on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Availability heuristic
Representativeness heuristic
#12

What is the term for the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events?

Stereotyping
Attribution
Persuasion
Obedience
#13

According to social identity theory, what influences an individual's self-concept and social behavior?

Personal attributes
Cultural norms
Group memberships
Situational factors
#14

Which term describes the tendency to view others' behavior as a result of their personality traits rather than situational factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer bias
Self-serving bias
Social loafing
#15

Who proposed the social identity theory?

John Turner
Muzafer Sherif
Henri Tajfel
Irving Janis
#16

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route to persuasion involves focusing on the superficial aspects of an argument?

Central route
Peripheral route
Direct route
Indirect route

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