Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Attitudes and Social Cognition

Question:

Richard Lapiere conducted an experiment explaining the attitude behaviour relationship. Arrange the given events in their correct order.

(A) The Chinese couple were refused service by just one hotel in the US
(B) Many Managers of hotels and tourist homes said they would not give accommodation to Chinese people
(C) Richard Lapiere asked a Chinese couple to travel across United States and stay in different hotels
(D) Response of hotel managers was inconsistent with the positive behaviour that they showed towards the Chinese
(E) Lapiere sent out questionnaires to manager of hotels and tourist homes asking if they would give accommodation to Chinese guests

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(C), (A), (E), (B), (D)

(C), (E), (D), (B), (A)

(E), (B), (C), (A), (D)

(E), (C), (B), (D), (A)

Correct Answer:

(C), (A), (E), (B), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (C), (A), (E), (B), (D)

  • (C) Richard Lapiere asked a Chinese couple to travel across the United States and stay in different hotels.

  • (A) The Chinese couple were refused service by only one hotel, indicating generally positive behaviour from hotel staff.

  • (E) Later, Lapiere sent questionnaires to the same hotels and tourist homes asking if they would accept Chinese guests.

  • (B) Many managers responded negatively, saying they would not give accommodation to Chinese people.

  • (D) This showed a discrepancy between attitude and behaviour — the responses were inconsistent with the actual behaviour observed earlier.