attitudes Flashcards
how are attitudes formed? (6)
- experiences
- school
- socialisation
- culture
- social class
- media
define prejudice
a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
define stereotyping
a fixed, over generalised belief about a particular group or class of people
how can school form an attitude?
- sport is used as a punishment which creates a negative attitude
- creates opportunities - range of sports/participation and enjoyment
how can experiences form an attitude?
- injury
- success
- positive experience = positive effect on attitude
- negative experience = negative effect on attitude
how can socialisation form an attitude?
- family
- experiences of others
- attitudes of other people
- doing it with friends can create a positive attitude
- sense of community
how can culture form an attitude?
- stereotypes
- countries involvement (banned sport)
- women involvement
how can social class form an attitude?
- confidence
- acception
- knowledge of sport (more knowledge = more confident attitude)
how can media form an attitude?
- role models
- how it’s portrayed online will affect your attitude towards it
- amount of coverage
- what the coverage is
what is the impact of a positive attitude?
- increased participation
- take more leadership roles
- more competitive
- view sport as essential and a factor of happiness (value sport)
- positive attitude. towards other sports
- believes sport promotes health
- has a positive physical self concept
what is the impact of a negative attitude?
- lower expectation
- don’t care if you lose
- see sport as ‘just a game’
- don’t try
- low self-efficacy
- had negative experiences
- find sport boring
- have a lifestyle which makes regular sport difficult
what is the model called for attitudes?
triadic model
what are the 3 components of the triadic model?
affective
behavioural
cognitive
give an example affective
sport is boring
give an example of behavioural
don’t participate in any sport/avoid it