Understanding Social Cognition and Human Behavior Quiz

Challenge your knowledge with questions on attribution, persuasion, stereotypes, and group behavior in social cognition. How well do you grasp human behavior?

#1

Which theory suggests that individuals attribute behavior to internal or external causes?

Social learning theory
Social exchange theory
Attribution theory
Social identity theory
#2

What is the term for the mental processes involved in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding?

Cognition
Emotion
Motivation
Sensation
#3

What is the term for the mental process of explaining the causes of people's behavior, including our own?

Cognitive dissonance
Social facilitation
Social cognition
Attribution
#4

Which term refers to the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors?

False consensus effect
Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Stereotyping
#5

Which term describes the tendency to make judgments about people based on stereotypes rather than their individual characteristics?

Prejudice
Discrimination
Stereotyping
Social comparison
#6

According to the self-serving bias, what do individuals attribute their successes to?

Internal factors
External factors
Luck or chance
Other people's actions
#7

What term describes the process of forming impressions of others based on available information and our own schemas?

Social comparison
Social perception
Social facilitation
Social loafing
#8

Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
False consensus effect
Actor-observer bias
#9

What is the term for the process of inferring the causes of one's own and others' behavior?

Self-concept
Social cognition
Stereotyping
Impression management
#10

What is the term for the mental shortcuts or 'rules of thumb' that people use to make judgments quickly and efficiently?

Cognitive dissonance
Heuristics
Confirmation bias
Stereotypes
#11

Which theory suggests that individuals seek to maintain consistency among their cognitions (beliefs, attitudes) and between their cognitions and behaviors?

Cognitive dissonance theory
Social exchange theory
Self-perception theory
Elaboration likelihood model
#12

Which theory posits that people adjust their attitudes or beliefs to align with their actions?

Self-perception theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
Elaboration likelihood model
Social exchange theory
#13

What is the term for the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal causes while attributing our own behavior to external causes?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
False consensus effect
#14

What is the term for the tendency to favor information that confirms our existing beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Stereotyping
Fundamental attribution error
#15

Which of the following is NOT a component of the dual-process model of persuasion?

Central route
Peripheral route
Elaboration likelihood
Counterargumentation
#16

What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals modify their attitudes or behaviors to match those of a group?

Social loafing
Groupthink
Social facilitation
Conformity
#17

According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model, which route to persuasion involves careful consideration of arguments and ideas?

Central route
Peripheral route
Direct route
Indirect route
#18

What is the term for the tendency for individuals to exert less effort when working in a group than when working alone?

Group polarization
Groupthink
Social loafing
Conformity
#19

Which term describes the phenomenon where individuals are more likely to comply with a request if it is preceded by a smaller request?

Door-in-the-face technique
Foot-in-the-door technique
That's-not-all technique
Lowball technique

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