attitude

Question 1

what is an attitude?

Answer 1

a settled way of thinking or feeling about an attitude object

Question 2

what is attitude formed by?

Answer 2

socialisation, peers, parents, media, religion, culture, past experience, positive reinforcement

Question 3

what is the triadic model?

Answer 3

the components of an attitude
cognitive, affective, behavioural

Question 4

what is the cognitive component of an attitude?

Answer 4

what we know and our beliefs about an attitude object

Question 5

what is the affective component of an attitude object?

Answer 5

feelings or emotions towards an attitude object

Question 6

what is the behavioural component of an attitude object?

Answer 6

our actions or response towards an attitude object

Question 7

what are the two methods to change someones attitude?

Answer 7

persuasive communication
cognitive dissonance

Question 8

what is the persuasive communication theory?

Answer 8

there is a persuader of high value who is confident and passionate and a significant other
there is a clear well structured message backed up with evidence
the recipient needs to be open minded
situation needs to be non threatening

Question 9

what is the cognitive dissonance theory?

Answer 9

creates feelings of psychological discomfort within an individual
if two attitude components can be made to oppose each other causing dissonance. can lead to whole attitude changing

Question 10

what is learned helplessness?

Answer 10

A belief that failure is inevitable
or a ‘why bother’ attitude
or feeling of hopelessness
or shows avoidance behaviours or believe they will never succeed

Question 11

what is mastery orientation?

Answer 11

A feeling of being in control of the outcome
or an individual being motivated by learning
or motivated to become an expert
or belief that failure is a learning experience (persist when fail) or shows approach behaviours
or motivated to be the best they can be

Question 12

Explain the term ‘cognitive dissonance’ in relation to changing an attitude in sport.

Answer 12

1. (Emotional) conflict / discomfort / disharmony is created due to an imbalance in the triadic model
2. changing the cognitive component / belief or make activity fun can increase enjoyment
3. …..in order to bring attitude components in line / feel content / remove the discomfort / create cognitive consonance
4. The more uncomfortable the individual is the greater the desire to change one of the views/ attitudes to reduce the dissonance