Question

Which of the following statements about attitudes is true?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. It isn’t possible to measure implicit or explicit attitudes. True

b. People’s explicit attitudes are always the same as their implicit attitudes.  False

c. People typically lie when asked to describe their attitudes about a particular group of people.  False

d. People’s explicit attitudes are sometimes different than their implicit attitudes.  True

2. An implicit attitude is best defined as a belief that exists on an unconscious level

Explanation:

Attiudes are expressions of someones feellings or thoughts towards different people, and different situations. There are explicit attitudes and implicit attitudes, explicit is at a conscious level, people can easily identify those attitudes and recongice them. While implicit atittudes remain at an uncounscious level.

It is hard to measure attitudes, and even though some psychological tests have benn created, it cannot measure exactly because it refers to some unknown process even for the people themselves.