CED Unit 4 (Attitude Formation & Attitude Change)

Question 1

Cognitive load

Answer 1

The amount of mental effort required to process information

Question 2

Implicit attitudes

Answer 2

Unconscious, involuntary evaluations or associations towards a person, group, or object

Question 3

Just-world phenomenon

Answer 3

The thought that the world is fair and people get what is coming to them

Question 4

Out-group homogeneity bias

Answer 4

All people of this group (not mine) are the same

Question 5

In-group bias

Answer 5

The tendency to favor one’s own group

Question 6

Ethnocentrism

Answer 6

Favoring your ethnic group over another

Question 7

Belief perseverance

Answer 7

The tendency to maintain initial beliefs, even when presented with strong contradictory evidence

Question 8

Confirmation bias

Answer 8

The tendency to seek out information that confirms one’s existing beliefs

Question 9

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 9

The mental discomfort or tension an individual experiences when holding conflicting beliefs