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Cognitive dissonance will be great if the discrepant act is - ans -difficult to reverse
According to Festinger, the $1/$20 experiment illustrates - ans -dissonance is
created by a person doing something for a smaller reward
Dieter Frey found that selective exposure does not operate if - ans -we do not
regard the information as a threat
Elliot Aronson extended Festinger's theory by - ans -calling attention to the
relationship between dissonance and effort // emphasizing psychological, rather
than logical, inconsistency (both A and B)
The focus of cognitive dissonance is - ans -attitude change
According to Festinger's minimal justification hypothesis, the best way to affect
long-term attitudinal change is to - ans -persuade your subjects to change their
behavior, and their attitudes will follow
For Joel cooper, dissonance is generated by - ans -the knowledge that one's
actions have unnecessarily hurt another person
Having run his own $1/$20 experiment, Daryl Bem argues that - ans -self-
perception is a simpler explanation of the observed behavior than is cognitive
dissonance
If the central route is followed, the enhanced thinking of those who respond
favorably to the message will cause their change in position to - ans -persist over
time, resist counter persuasion, predict future behavior (all of the above)
Paul Mongeau and James Stiff claim that ELM - ans -cannot be falsified
The specific process of avoiding information that is discrepant from that which
one already believes is called - ans -selective exposure
, Cognitive dissonance theory has been criticized for being too - ans -difficult to test
Using FOICS checklist, raters are asked to judge - ans -which of the four requisite
functions, if any, an utterance addresses // whether the utterance facilities or
inhibits the group's focus on a particular function (both A and B)
Hirokawa and Gouran are particularly wary of - ans -gut feelings unsupported by
reasonable evidence
John Dewey's reflective thinking - ans -parallels a doctor's approach to treating a
patient
According to the functional perspective, a low-status member of a group - ans -
should insist on a careful process in order to influence the final decision
Stohl and Holmes contend that most real-life groups - ans -have a prior decision-
making history and are imbedded within a larger organization
Which of the following is offered as a critique of the functional theory? - ans -
overstates a rational approach, separating it from other aspects of group life
The basic unit of analysis for SCT is a - ans -fantasy theme
Which of the following is not a requisite function of effective decision making? -
ans -appropriate questioning
The single most problematic obstacle to completing group tasks is - ans -none of
the above
Which of the following is not included in Hirokawa and Gouran's list of types of
communication in decision-making groups? - ans -collegial
According to Hirokawa and Gouran, most comments from group members - ans -
interrupt rather than promote progress toward the goal
Questions)and verified Answers ( 100% accurate) GET IT
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Cognitive dissonance will be great if the discrepant act is - ans -difficult to reverse
According to Festinger, the $1/$20 experiment illustrates - ans -dissonance is
created by a person doing something for a smaller reward
Dieter Frey found that selective exposure does not operate if - ans -we do not
regard the information as a threat
Elliot Aronson extended Festinger's theory by - ans -calling attention to the
relationship between dissonance and effort // emphasizing psychological, rather
than logical, inconsistency (both A and B)
The focus of cognitive dissonance is - ans -attitude change
According to Festinger's minimal justification hypothesis, the best way to affect
long-term attitudinal change is to - ans -persuade your subjects to change their
behavior, and their attitudes will follow
For Joel cooper, dissonance is generated by - ans -the knowledge that one's
actions have unnecessarily hurt another person
Having run his own $1/$20 experiment, Daryl Bem argues that - ans -self-
perception is a simpler explanation of the observed behavior than is cognitive
dissonance
If the central route is followed, the enhanced thinking of those who respond
favorably to the message will cause their change in position to - ans -persist over
time, resist counter persuasion, predict future behavior (all of the above)
Paul Mongeau and James Stiff claim that ELM - ans -cannot be falsified
The specific process of avoiding information that is discrepant from that which
one already believes is called - ans -selective exposure
, Cognitive dissonance theory has been criticized for being too - ans -difficult to test
Using FOICS checklist, raters are asked to judge - ans -which of the four requisite
functions, if any, an utterance addresses // whether the utterance facilities or
inhibits the group's focus on a particular function (both A and B)
Hirokawa and Gouran are particularly wary of - ans -gut feelings unsupported by
reasonable evidence
John Dewey's reflective thinking - ans -parallels a doctor's approach to treating a
patient
According to the functional perspective, a low-status member of a group - ans -
should insist on a careful process in order to influence the final decision
Stohl and Holmes contend that most real-life groups - ans -have a prior decision-
making history and are imbedded within a larger organization
Which of the following is offered as a critique of the functional theory? - ans -
overstates a rational approach, separating it from other aspects of group life
The basic unit of analysis for SCT is a - ans -fantasy theme
Which of the following is not a requisite function of effective decision making? -
ans -appropriate questioning
The single most problematic obstacle to completing group tasks is - ans -none of
the above
Which of the following is not included in Hirokawa and Gouran's list of types of
communication in decision-making groups? - ans -collegial
According to Hirokawa and Gouran, most comments from group members - ans -
interrupt rather than promote progress toward the goal
