Which of the Following Is True of Moderating Variables in Attitude

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of moderating variables in attitude relationships?

• A) Attitudes that our memories can easily access are more likely to predict our behavior.
• B) General attitudes tend to predict particular or specific behaviors.
• C) Attitudes are less likely to be remembered if frequently expressed or talked about.
• D) The relationship between an attitude and a behavior is weaker if an attitude involves a direct relation to personal experience.
• E) Conflicts between attitudes and behavior occur when there are no social pressures.

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Definitions:

Organismic Model

Cooperative view of community, described by Clements, in which a community goes through certain stages of development (succession), like the embryonic stages of an organism, and eventually reaches an adult state (climax community).

Individualistic Model

Independent view of community, described by Gleason, in which biological interactions are less important in the production of communities than are environmental gradients (such as climate and soil) or even chance. Compare with organismic model.

Interdependent

A relationship in which two or more entities rely on each other for survival or for the completion of processes.

Organismic Model

A conceptual model in biology that sees a community or ecosystem as a single living organism, emphasizing interactions and integration.