2.Attitudes Flashcards
What is an attitude
Ideas charged with emotion that produce specific behaviour to a specific situation
How can your describe attitudes
Can be Unstable,Are Learned,Can be changed,Directed towards an attitude object
How can attitudes be learnt
Socialisation,Familarisation,By conditioned behaviour
What is socialisation
Process where cultural values are learnt by associating with others
How does socialisation work
We learn from significant others when the information is reinforced or repeated,They are conditioned by behaviour that is successful and reinforced,This can be negative if the behaviour or reinforcement learnt is negative
What are the three parts of the Triadic model
Cognitive
Affective
Behavioural
What is the cognitive part of the Triadic model
Your beliefs,knowledge and thoughts
What is the Affective part of the Triadic model
Your feelings or emotional responses
What is the Behavioural part of the Triadic model
Your actions or intended behaviour
What is familarisation
Day to day experiences
What is Cognitive Dissonance
New information given to the performer to cause unease and motivate change,This is settled when attitudes are aligned and discomfort/conflict resolved
How can Cognitive Dissonance be used in different ways
Give new information to promote a person to question their current behaviour and motivate change
Making an activity fun or varying practice can make it more fun than first expected
Using rewards
What is Persuasive communication
Trying to persuade somebody to change their mentality due to you trying to talk them round
What is key for persuasive communication to work
-The message needs to be understood
-Quality new information
-Situation/Timing of when the message is given is important
-New information should outweigh old beliefs
How can negative attitudes be changed to positive attitudes
Persuasion from a ‘perceived expert’
Making it fun when training
Allowing early success
Using positive reinforcement and rewards
