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Attitudesl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Anlopinionlorlgenerallfeelinglaboutlcognitions,lbeliefs,lfeelings,lorlbeh
aviorallpredisposition.

ConsistencylTheoriesl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Theoreticallperspectiveslfromlsociallpsychologylthatlholdlthatlpeoplelp
referlconsistencylbetweenlattitudeslandlbehaviors,landlthatlpeoplelwil
llchangelorlresistlchanginglattitudeslbasedluponlthislpreference.

balanceltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
theorylthatlislconcernedlwithlthelwayl3lelementslarelrelated:lthelperso
nlwhomlwe'reltalkinglaboutl(symbolizedlaslP),lsomelotherlpersonl(sy
mbolizedlaslO),landlalthing,lidea,lorlsomelotherlpersonl(symbolizedlbyl
X).lBalancelexistslwhenlalllthreelfitltogetherlharmoniously.lWhenlther
elisn'tlbalance,ltherelwilllbelstress,landlaltendencyltolremovelthislstres
slbylachievinglbalance;lFritzlHeider

cognitiveldissonanceltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
theorylthatlthelconflictlorlinconsistencylbetweenlinternallattitudesland
lexternallbehaviorslwhichlmaylresultlinlalchangeloflattitude;lLeonlFisti

nger

Whatldoeslincreasedldissonancelleadlto?l-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Increasedlpressureltoldecreaseldissonance.

freelchoicel&lforcedlcompliancel-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
twoltypeslofldissonance

freelchoiceldissonancel-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonldecideslbetweenlseveralldesirableloutcom
es

forcedlcomplianceldissonancel-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonlislforcedlintolbehavinglinlanlinconsistentlm
annerlfromltheirlbeliefs




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,post-decisionldissonancel-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonlhaslalfeelingloflanxietyloverlwhetherlthelco
rrectldecisionlwaslmade

spreadingloflalternativesl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
whenlalternativeslarelseenlasldifferentlafterlchoicelislmadel(thelonelw
elchoselaslbetter,lthelonelwelrejectedlaslworse)

minimalljustificationleffectl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
effectlstudiedlbylParticipantslwholdidlalboringltask,lthenlwerelaskedlto
ltelllnextlpersonlitlwaslfunlforl$1lorl$20

-
lResults:l$1lparticipantslreportedlenjoyingltasklmorelthanl$20lparticip

ants
-
lExplanation:l$20lparticipantslcouldlattributelbehaviorl(sayinglitlwaslf

un)ltolthel$20ltheylreceived,lbutl$1lisn'tlenoughltoljustifyltheldissonan
tlbehavior.lSo,l$1lparticipantslinsteadlchangedltheirlattitudeslaboutlth
eltask
-lFestingerlandlCarlsmithl(1959)

self-perceptionltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Theltheorylthatlwhenlourlattitudeslandlfeelingslareluncertainlorlambig
uous,lwelinferltheselstateslbylobservinglourlbehaviorlandlthelsituationl
inlwhichlitloccurs;lDaryllBem

overjustificationleffectl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
theleffectloflbribinglpeopleltoldolwhatltheylalreadyllikeldoing;ltheylmay
lthenlseeltheirlactionslaslexternallylcontrolledlratherlthanlintrinsicallyl

appealing

Modelloflpersuasionl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
modelldescribedlbylanlattitudelchangelaslalprocessloflcommunicatingla
lmessagelwithlthelintentltolpersuadelsomeone;lCarllHovland



communicator,lcommunication,landlsituationl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Hovland'slmodelloflpersuasionlcomponents

sleeperleffectl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
effectlwherelpersuasivelcommunicationlfromlalsourcelofllowlcredibilit
ylmaylbecomelmorelacceptablellaterlwhilelcommunicationlfromlhighlcr
edibilitylsourcelmayldecrease;lsourcelcredibilitylstudylonleralcontrove
rsialltopicsl(onelwrittenlbylanlAmericanlphysicistl&lanotherlbylalRussia
nlnewspaper)

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,Russainlnewspaperlpersuadedl0%,lAmericanlphysicistlpersuadedl36
%;lHovlandl&lWeissl(1951)

twolsidedlmessagesl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
argumentslforlandlagainstlalposition;loftenlusedlforlpersuasionlsincels
uchlseemsltolbel"balanced"lcommunication.l(Newslreporting)

ElaborationlLikelihoodlModelloflPersuasionl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
modellthatlsuggestsl2lroutesloflpersuasion;lcentrall&lperipheral;lPettyl
&lCacioppo

centrallroutelpersuasionl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
persuasionlthatloccurslwhenlinterestedlpeoplelfocuslonlthelargumentsl
andlrespondlwithlfavorablelthoughts

peripherallroutelpersuasionl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
persuasionlthatloccurslwhenlnon-
interestedlpeopleldolnotlclearlylunderstandlanlargumentlandlcanlbelinf
luencedlbylincidentallcues,lsuchlaslalspeaker'slattractiveness

analogyloflinoculation,lbelieflperseverance,landlreactancel-lCORRECT
ANSWERS-3lwaysltolresistlpersuasion

Analogyloflinoculationl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
analogylwherelpeoplelcanlresistlpersuasivelcommunicationslaslseenlin
lphysicallinoculationl(flulshot);lWilliamlMcGuire



culturalltruismsl&lrefutedlcounterargumentsl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
2lwaysltolrestlthelanalogyloflinoculation

culturalltruismsl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
beliefslthatlarelseldomlquestioned,lbutlrarelylattackedlevenlthoughlth
eylarelvulnerableltolattack.

refutedlcounterargumentsl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
whenlalpersonlislfirstlpresentinglargumentslagainstltheltruismslandlth
enlrefutinglthem;lmotivateslpeopleltolpracticeldefendinglbeliefs.

belieflperseverancelphenomenonl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
phenomenonlwherelthere'slaltendencyltolstickltolourlinitiallbeliefsleve
nlwhenlevidencelcontradictslthem



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, reactanceleffectl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
effectlthatloccursliflweltrylhardltolpersuadelsomeone,ltheylmaylbelieve
lthelopposite.



sociallcomparisonltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
theorylthatlwelseekltolevaluatelourlabilitieslandlbeliefslbylcomparinglt
hemlwithlthoseloflothers;l

peoplelpreferltolevaluatelthemselveslobjectively,landlthenlinlcomparis
onltolothers

lesslsimilaritieslinlopinionsl=llessloflaltendencyltolmakelcomparisons

discrepancylexistingl=lchangelinlopinionsltolbelalpartloflthelgroup

LeonlFestinger

StanleylSchachterl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
personlwholstatedlgreaterlanxietyl=lgreaterlneedltolaffiliate

ReciprocitylHypothesisl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
Hypothesislwherelweltendltollikelpeoplelwholindicatelthatltheyllikelus,l
dislikelthoselwholindicateltheyldon'tllikelus

Gain-LosslPrinciplel-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
principlelwherelanlevaluationlthatlchangeslwilllhavelmoreloflanlimpactl
thanlanlevaluationlthatlremainslconstant;lincreasedlinterestlshown,lw
elshowlincreasedlinterest;lArisonl&lLinder

sociallexchangeltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
theorylwherelalpersonlweighslrewardsl&lcostsloflinteractions,lincrease
dlrewardsl=ldecreasedlcostl=lincreasedlinterest

equityltheoryl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
altheorylthatlstateslthatlpeoplelwilllbelmotivatedlwhenltheylperceivelt
hatltheylarelbeingltreatedlfairlyl(findlequitylorlinequity)

individuallcharacteristicslcorrelationl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
correlationlfoundlbetweenlaffiliationl&lsimilarityloflintelligence,lattitu
des,leducation,lheight,lage,lreligion,lSES,lhabits,landlmentallhealth.

needlcomplementaritylhypothesisl-lCORRECT ANSWERS-
hypothesislwherelpeoplelseeklandlarelmorelsatisfiedlwithlmaritallpart


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