Lesson 3.4.3

3.4.3 Recycling and other conservation behaviours (cognitive) Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which cognitive strategy involves providing clear guidelines to encourage recycling behaviours?

    • Nagging
    • Punishment
    • Prompting
    • Reinforcement
  2. Which recycling intervention relies heavily on the principle of social comparison?

    • Normative feedback
    • Financial incentives
    • Cognitive priming
    • Direct instruction
  3. Giving a cash reward for returning glass bottles is an example of what cognitive-behavioural tool?

    • Altruism
    • Eco branding
    • Token economy
    • Internalisation
  4. Which barrier to recycling involves the mental effort required to sort waste materials?

    • Moral licensing
    • Cognitive dissonance
    • Response cost
    • Social inertia
  5. Sarah always recycles paper but then justifies taking long-haul flights. What is this called?

    • Altruistic guilt
    • Moral licensing
    • Cognitive overload
    • Social proof
  6. Mark ignores household recycling bins because he assumes everyone else does too. What explains this?

    • Response cost
    • Altruism
    • Social norms
    • Self efficacy
  7. Which psychological theory predicts conservation based on perceived behavioural control and attitudes?

    • Social identity
    • Drive reduction
    • Planned behaviour
    • Social learning
  8. Placing recycling bins directly next to general waste bins reduces which environmental barrier?

    • Response cost
    • Cognitive load
    • Moral licensing
    • Social proof
  9. Which type of prompt is placed physically close to the target location for maximum effect?

    • Distant prompt
    • Contextual prompt
    • Subliminal cue
    • General reminder
  10. Displaying community recycling rates on a village noticeboard utilises which psychological phenomenon?

    • Halo effect
    • Actor observer
    • Cognitive bias
    • Social proof
  11. Which strategy targets internal cognitive values rather than external rewards to promote conservation?

    • Fines
    • Appeals to altruism
    • Cash bonuses
    • Tax rebates
  12. What psychological state occurs when a person's wasteful habits contradict their pro-environmental beliefs?

    • Response cost
    • Moral licensing
    • Social loafing
    • Cognitive dissonance
  13. A council introduces a financial penalty for overflowing landfill bins. What technique is this?

    • Positive reinforcement
    • Prompting
    • Punishment
    • Token economy
  14. Which term describes an individual's belief in their own capability to successfully recycle?

    • Self-esteem
    • Self-efficacy
    • Locus of control
    • Altruism
  15. Providing monthly neighbourhood league tables for plastic recycling is an example of what?

    • Altruistic appeal
    • Direct punishment
    • Cognitive priming
    • Competitive feedback
  16. Emma believes climate change is entirely controlled by governments, not her recycling. What is this?

    • Moral licensing
    • Internal locus
    • Self-efficacy
    • External locus
  17. Why might financial incentives fail to create long-term conservation habits once removed?

    • Extrinsic motivation
    • Social proof
    • Response cost
    • Cognitive dissonance
  18. Which cognitive strategy involves displaying a permanent sign to remind people to turn off lights?

    • Feedback
    • Reinforcement
    • Prompting
    • Diffusion
  19. What cognitive barrier occurs when people believe their individual pro-environmental actions make no difference?

    • Moral licensing
    • Cognitive load
    • Social loafing
    • Futile response
  20. Which cognitive-behavioural tool provides people with ongoing data regarding their household energy consumption reduction?

    • Feedback
    • Prompts
    • Token economy
    • Modelling

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