ATTITUDES

Question 1

What are attitudes

Answer 1

What you think of something and what you see value in

Question 2

Attitude formation

Answer 2

By associating with significant others and picking up their values and opinions
When actions are reinforced by significant others, attitudes are more likely to be learnt
Can become conditioned by successful actions
Attitudes can be negative

Question 3

Attitude components (triadic model)

Answer 3

Cognitive - deep rooted beliefs
Affective - feelings and emotions of a player and how they’re interpreted
Behaviour - actions of the performer

Question 4

2 ways of changing attitudes

Answer 4

Persuasive communication
Cognitive dissonance

Question 5

Describe persuasive communication

Answer 5

Communicating to promote change/talked into
Hard when dealing with deep rooted beliefs
Must be relevant/easy to understand/of high quality (given by a significant other)/timing (BETTER STRAIGHT AFTER A LOSS)