Which one of the following options about impression formation is correct?
A. We tend to weight negative information about others more heavily than positive information
B. The more unusual the information about behaviour or traits the greater the weight placed on information
C. Information received first is weighted more heavily than information received later and information from sources we trust is weighted more heavily
D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
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One of the first investigators to suggest that learning principles could be applied to attitudes was
A. Green spoon (1955)
B. Doob (1947)
C. Griffitt (1970)
D. Leon Festinger (1957)
A. An unpleasant state that occurs when we notice that various attitudes we hold, are some how inconsistent
B. A pleasant state of emotional attitude
C. A theory related to intelligence
D. Semantic memory
A. Impression formation
B. Cognitive Framework
C. Stereotype formation
D. Systematic distortion
Who has given the theory of cognitive dissonance?
A. Likert
B. Doob
C. Leon Festinger
D. None of the above
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