+91-8076753736 support@wiredfaculty.com

Sponsor Area

Attitude And Social Cognition

Question

Wired Faculty App

Highlight the importance of schemas in social cognition.

Solution

• Social schemas (schemata) are mental structure.

• They function as a framework to process social information. These schemas lead to emergence of prototypes.

• Prototypes are concepts which have most of the defining features of a concept, class or family.

• These are best representatives of the population.

• Various stereotypes emerge from these schemas. In other words stereotypes are category-based schemas.

Some More Questions From Attitude And Social Cognition Chapter

Is behaviour always a reflection of one's attitude? Explain with a relevant example.

Highlight the importance of schemas in social cognition.

Differentiate between prejudice and stereotype.

Prejudice can exist without discrimination and vice-versa. Comment.

Describe the important factors that influence impression formation.

Explain how the attribution made by an 'actor' would be different from that of an 'observer'.

How does social facilitation take place?

Explain the concept of pro-social behaviour.

Your friend eats too much junk food, how would you be able to bring about a change in his/her attitude towards food?

What is attitude?

Mock Test Series

Mock Test Series

NCERT Sample Papers

Entrance Exams Preparation