Attitude and So...

The three-component model of attitude formation includes: 

Research by Fishbein and Ajzen has indicated that in order to demonstrate strong links between attitudes and behaviours, an assessment of several behaviours relevant to the attitude being measured is necessary. This type of assessment is referred to as the ____________.

Research by Festinger and colleagues demonstrated that when people were paid $1 for their participation in a dull task, they were more favourably disposed to the dull task compared to people who were paid $20. Which theory was put forth to explain why people alter their true attitudes to match their past or actual behaviours? 

According to McGuire ’s (1969) information-processing approach to persuasion, a message will elicit the desired behaviour only if it succeeds at six stages. But which of the options below is NOT one of these stages?

Although the Jones –Davis (19610) and Kelley (1967) models of attribution view the social perceiver as a rational person, empirical research has discovered persistent biases in the attributional processes. Which of these is NOT one of those persistent biases?

How is the ultimate attribution error (UAE) different from the other pervasive attributional biases such as the fundamental attribution error, the self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect.

We know that before we can apply a schema to a social object, we have to categorize it. But which of the below statements about categorization is NOT the case? 

Devine ’s work on the activation of stereotypes demonstrated that ___________ processing of information about people is beyond conscious awareness whereas _____________ processing of information about people is deliberate and conscious. 

Once developed and strengthened through use, schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate? 

According to research by Petty, Cacioppo and colleagues, people will process messages most carefully, and rely less on simple cues, when what is true about the message?