Attitude Formation

Question 1

where do attitudes Come from?

Answer 1

Attitudes come from 3 different sources:

1. Conditioning
   • new stimuli starts to cause a certain reaction
2. Cognitive evaluation
   • we develop attitudes without even stopping to think about it.
3. Other sources
   • can develop attitudes by watching the people around you and interacting with others.
4. Culture
   • this influences everything from taste in food t our attitudes towards different humans and political opinions

Question 2

Explain Functions of attitudes in 3 points.

Answer 2

• we evaluate our own beliefs and values to define ourselves
• we interpret the objects and events we encounter
• we determine how to act in situations

Question 3

How does positive self concept and negative self concept shape us as individuals?

Answer 3

Positive- is how we see ourselves and values

Negative- when we tend to be more pessimistic and destructive to ourselves.

Question 4

What are the 3 main elects of an attitude?

Answer 4

1. A belief or opinion about something
2. Feelings about that things
3. A tendency to act towards that thing in certain ways.