AOS2 attitudes

Question 1

what are the components of a tri-component model?

Answer 1

affective, behavioural, and cognitive.

Question 2

what is the affective component of a tri-component model?

Answer 2

how you feel about something

Question 3

what is the behavioural component of a tri-component model?

Answer 3

the action you take

Question 4

what is the cognitive component of a tri-component model?

Answer 4

what you think about the attitude

Question 5

When all three components of our tri-component model don’t align, this is referred to as:

Answer 5

cognitive dissonance

Question 6

what are some limitations of the tri-component model?

Answer 6

• psychologists think only the affective and cognitive components are needed for an attitude to exist
• often behaviour does not reflect attitude (cognitive dissonance)

Question 7

what is person perception?

Answer 7

the process of forming opinions on others, influenced by appearance, body language, gender, age, ethnicity, etc.

Question 8

what is a stereotype?

Answer 8

a generalised belief about a group of people. most commonly due to age, race, gender, occupation

Question 9

what is prejudice?

Answer 9

a negative feeling held against people in a certain group or social category, which stems from negative stereotypes.

Question 10

what is discrimination?

Answer 10

the unjust treatment of people due to being a part of a certain social category. this involves excluding or treating people differently because of the group they belong to.

Question 11

what are some ways to reduce or prevent prejudice?

Answer 11

Education

Cognitive intervention

Setting Super-ordinate Goals

Direct experience

Intergroup contact

Question 12

how would education prevent prejudice?

Answer 12

students are taught through school how to identify prejudice and discrimination and are taught about acceptance and tolerance of others.

Question 13

what is cognitive intervention?

Answer 13

giving people more information about the group they may hold a
prejudice against and providing time for this information to be understood.

Question 14

what is Setting Super-ordinate Goals?

Answer 14

Getting two conflicting groups to work together on a common goal they both need or want to solve.

Question 15

what is direct experience?

Answer 15

Direct experience of another culture or lifestyle. This can lead to a richer appreciation of the culture or ethnic group which prejudice may be held
against.

Question 16

what is intergroup contact?

Answer 16

Direct contact between the two groups that have a prejudice toward each other (or one toward the other) which must include sustained contact, co-operating with each other, and share equal status

Question 17

what is an attribution?

Answer 17

Inferences that we make about the cause of events.

Question 18

what are situational attributes (external)

Answer 18

When we explain a persons behaviour in terms of the situation they are/were
in. E.g. He crashed his car because the road was icy.

Question 19

what are personal attributes?(internal)

Answer 19

When we explain a persons behaviour in terms of their personal qualities.
E.g. He crashed his car because he’s a bad driver