TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ATTITUDE AND PREDICTION OF BEHAVIOUR

Two-minute fun way to test your people skills. Find out what you know about attitude, perception and prediction of behaviour.

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* 1. All of the following are true about attitudes, except one. Which is false?

Attitudes are evaluations of people, objects and ideas

Attitudes are related to our temperament and personality

Attitudes rarely change over time

Attitudes can be changed with persuasive communications

Under the right conditions attitudes predict people's behaviour

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* 2. Tom wants to buy a puppy. He does some research and decides to buy an English Springer Spaniel rather than a Great Dane because they are smaller, more active and good with kids. Which type of attitude influenced his decision?

Affectively based attitude

Behaviourally based attitude

Explicitly based attitude

Cognitively based attitude

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* 3. People will be most likely to change their attitudes about smoking if an antismoking ad:

Uses extremely graphic pictures of how smoke can harm the body and warns the risks of smoking

Gives people subliminal messages about the risks of smoking as well as recommendations to quit

Uses graphic pictures of the damages of smoking on the body and then provides specific recommendations on how to quit smoking

Uses success stories of how people quit smoking

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* 4. Mary would be most likely to pay attention to facts about the risks of COVID during a staff meeting and remember the facts for a long time if:

The speaker emphasised statistical info about COVID throughout the world

The speaker emphasised how the virus has spread in her community and there isn't anything distracting Mary from listening

The speaker emphasised how the virus has spread in her community and at the same time Mary’s best friend is whispering to her about a dinner

The speaker is a nationally known expert on COVID

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* 5. According to reactance theory, what of the following public service messages would be least likely to get people to wear seat belts?

Please wear your seatbelt every time you drive

Wear your seatbelt to save lives

It's the law, you must wear your seatbelt

Buckle up your children, you might save their lives

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* 6. You are trying to sell a new electronic toothbrush at the airport to busy, distracted travellers. Which of the following strategies is least likely to be successful at getting people to buy a toothbrush?

Make up a flier that gives convincing reasons why the toothbrush is so good

Make a large sign that says, 9/10 dentists recommend this toothbrush

Put up a large banner featuring a picture of your friend who looks like Brad Pitt posing with the toothbrush

Stop people and say '"Do you know that this is the toothbrush used the most by Hollywood stars?"

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* 7. Under which of the following conditions would people be NOT likely to vote for a political candidate? They….

Like the candidate’s policies but have negative feelings towards him or her

Know little about the candidate’s policies but have positive feelings toward him or her

See subliminal ads supporting the candidate on national TV

See TV ads supporting the candidate while they are distracted by their children

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* 8. All of the following are examples of ways to resist persuasion, except:

making people immune to change of opinions by initially exposing them to small doses of arguments against their position

warning people about ad techniques such as product placement

forbidding people to buy a product

role-playing using milder versions of real-life social pressures

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* 9. In a survey, Michel reports that he agrees with wearing a seatbelt. According to the theory of planned behaviour, what else will predict whether Michael will wear a seatbelt on a given day?

He generally agrees that safe driving is important

His best friend was in the car and he also wore a seatbelt

His attitude toward seatbelt was not very accessible

Michael believes that it is difficult to remember to wear his seatbelt

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* 10. Suppose that while you are watching a film at a movie theatre the words "drink Coke" are flashed across the screen at speeds too quick for you to see consciously. According to research on subliminal perception, which of the following is true?

You will get up and buy a Coke, but only if you are thirsty

You will get up and buy a Coke, but only if you prefer Coke to Pepsi

You will be less likely to get up and buy a Coke

You will be no more likely to buy a Coke than if the subliminal messages were not flashed