Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| Example | Concept | ||
| (A) | Raghav making inferences about the personal qualities of people | (I) | Attribution |
| (B) | Sheena assigns causes to peoples behaviour shown in specific social situation | (II) | Attitude |
| (C) | Ram’s performance improves with the presence of people | (III) | Impression Formation |
| (D) | Gita loves Yoga as she believes that it is good for her & therefore practices it every day | (IV) | Social Facilitation |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
(A) Raghav making inferences about the personal qualities of people — this matches (III) Impression Formation. When we meet people, we make inferences about their personal qualities; this is called impression formation.
(B) Sheena assigns causes to peoples behaviour shown in specific social situation — this matches (I) Attribution. We want to know why people behave as they do, so we assign causes to the behaviour shown in specific social situations; this process is called attribution.
(C) Ram’s performance improves with the presence of people — this matches (IV) Social Facilitation. Social facilitation is the improvement in performance in the presence of others; the presence of others arouses a person and can lift her/his performance on a task she/he is already good at.
(D) Gita loves Yoga as she believes that it is good for her & therefore practices it every day — this matches (II) Attitude. An attitude is a state of the mind, a set of views about an attitude object, with an evaluative feature, an emotional component and a tendency to act. Gita’s belief (cognitive), her love for yoga (affective) and her daily practice (behavioural) are the three components of one attitude.
Note: Impression formation and attribution were there in the chapter ‘Attitude and Social Cognition’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, and are not there in the NCERT book (2025-26).
NCERT (2025-26): “Explaining Social Behaviour … Social psychologists examine various forms of social behaviour, and try to explain their basis. Because of social influences, people form views, or attitudes about people, and about different issues in life, that exist in the form of behavioural tendencies.…” “…Social facilitation research suggests that presence of others leads to arousal and can motivate individuals to enhance their performance if they are already good at solving something.…” NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Explaining Social Behaviour … When we meet people, we make inferences about their personal qualities. This is called impression formation. We are also interested in why people behave in the ways they do — that is, we assign causes to the behaviour shown in specific social situations. This process is called attribution.…” |