Attitude And Attitude Change Flashcards
Attitude
beliefs feelings and behavioural tendencies towards socially significant objects events or symbols
Rosenberg and Hovland 3 components to attitude:
Affective
Cognitive
Behavioural
Affective:
Expressions of feelings towards an object
Cognitive:
Expression of beliefs about an object
Behavioural:
Overt actions/verbal statements concerning behaviour
Where do attitudes come from?
Mere exposure effect- Zajonc
Classical and instrumental conditioning
Self perception theory
Zajonc’s mere exposure effect:
Repeated exposure of a stimulus- enhancement of preference for that stimulus
Classical conditioning:
Repeated association, neutral stimulus elicits reaction
Instrumental conditioning:
Behaviour followed by positive consequences reinforced and repeated
Bem’s self perception theory:
Gain knowledge of ourselves by making self attributions
Infer attitudes from our behaviour
Attitude functions
Knowledge
Utilitarian
Ego defensive
Value expressive
How are attitudes revealed:
Self report and experimental paradigms
Physiological measures
Overt behaviour
Self report and experimental paradigms:
Evaluation towards objects weighted by strength
Implicit association task
Physiological measures:
Skin resistance, heart rate, pupil dilation
Overt behaviour:
Frequency of behaviour
Trends and preferences over various objects
Non verbal behaviour
Core of self concept:
Hobbies, beliefs, politics, music