5.1 Attitudes

Question 1

Definition of attitude

Answer 1

Unstable, beliefs/feelings towards an attitude object

Question 2

Three. Components of attitudes - triadic model

Answer 2

Cognitive – belief towards an attitudes object, e.g. running can cause injury.
Effective – emotion towards an attitude object, e.g. I don’t enjoy running.
Behavioural – actions towards an attitude object, e.g. I don’t go running

Question 3

Define prejudice

Answer 3

A perceived opinion based on faulty and flexible generalisation, e.g. so not being picked for a team because of their skin colour

Question 4

Define stereotype

Answer 4

A belief helped by a collection of people about traits shared by category of people e.g. boys can’t do dance girls can’t play football