Social Perception – Psychology UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Included Topics: Social Perception [Communication, Attributions]; Attitudes and its Change within Cultural Context; Prosocial Behavior

1. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: [DEC 2014]

Assertion (A): Inaccuracy among eye-witness occurs with the passage of time between witnessing an event and testifying about what was seen and heard.

Reason (R): Witnesses are always exposed to misleading post event information from police, news stories and statements made by others.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

2. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [JUNE 2015]

Codes:

(1) A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
(2) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
(3) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
(4) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

3. Which of the following are the sources of error in social cognition? [JUNE 2015]

I. Counterfactuals thinking
II. Thought suppression
III. Magical thinking
IV. Judging by resemblance

Codes:

(1) I and II
(2) I, II and III
(3) I, III and IV
(4) III and IV

4. We tend to attribute to another’s behaviour to external causes when information is of [JUNE 2015]

I. high consensus
II. low distinctiveness
III. high distinctiveness
IV. high consistency

Codes:

(1) I and II
(2) I, III and IV
(3) II, III and IV
(4) I, II and IV

5. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: [DEC 2015]

Assertion (A): People overlook flaws if the overall issue is perceived as important.

Reason (R): People have some biases.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

6. A supervisor, who was asked to rate his subordinates on the basis of his observations, found an employee who did not take a medical leave in that year. On the basis of this observation, the supervisor rated the employee as ‘medically fit’, ‘highly efficient’ and ‘meticulous’. This is an example of [DEC 2015]

(1) lineancy error
(2) constant error
(3) tendency to give extreme rating
(4) halo effect

7. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: [DEC 2015]

Assertion (A): Advertising and media campaigns are based frequently on the availability heuristic.

Reason (R): Consumers recall instances of being satisfied and expect this outcome to recur.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true