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GATE Social Psychology: Attitudes and Prejudice: Attitude formation, change and persuasion, cognitive dissonance, prejudice, discrimination – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Attitudes and Prejudice: Attitude formation, change and persuasion, cognitive dissonance, prejudice, discrimination (Social Psychology, Psychology (XH5)) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q61 (2 marks, Multiple select) – The probability that a recipient will critically evaluate arguments contained in a message (i.e., elaboration likelihood) is determined by both and .
  2. GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q63 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Gordon W. Allport proposed that contact will only be successful in reducing prejudice when it takes place under certain optimal conditions. He…
  3. GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q56 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Large rewards and severe punishments are examples of justification for behaviour and result in changes in attitude.
  4. GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q63 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Prejudice is supported by the human tendency to categorize into in-groups and out-groups. Prejudice is supported by which of the following processes?
  5. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q52 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following statement(s) are related to Bem’s theory of self-perception?