A Group of Queen's University "Frosh" (First-Year Students) Are Taught

question 69

Multiple Choice

A group of Queen's University "frosh" (first-year students) are taught songs and chants about the superiority of Queen's University. One month later, they have negative attitudes toward all other universities. This is likely due to

• A) the effects of potent attitudes on behaviour.
• B) the saying-becomes-believing effect.
• C) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
• D) none of these choices.

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Definitions:

Reliability

The scientific requirement that when the same behavior is measured on two or more occasions by the same or different observers, the measurements must be consistent with each other.

Observers

Individuals who watch or monitor a situation or a set of events without directly participating in them.

Descriptions

Refer to the detailed explanation or illustration of the nature, properties, or functioning of something.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that do not receive the experimental treatment, serving as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.