attitudes and behavior

Question 1

what are the primary components of attitude?

Answer 1

affective
behavioral
cognitive

*ABCs of attitude

Question 2

_________ component of attitude refers to the way a person feels toward something

Answer 2

affective

*emotional

Question 3

_________ component of attitude refers to the way a person acts with respect to someting

Answer 3

behavioral

*actions

Question 4

_________ component of attitude refers to the way an individual thinks about something

Answer 4

cognitive

*justification

Question 5

the functional attitudes thoery states that attitudes serve what four functions?

Answer 5

1. knowledge
2. ego-expressive
3. adaptive
4. ego-defensive

Question 6

___________ attitude help provide organization to thoughts and experiences and knowing the attitudes of others helps to predict their behaviors

Answer 6

knowledge

*a person who cares about political action would vote in an upcoming election

Question 7

attitudes facilitate being __________ allowing us to communicate and solidify our self identity

Answer 7

ego-expressive

*if a person identidies with a sports team, they may wear a hat that helps identify them as having a positive attitude towards that team

Question 8

__________ attitude is the idea that expressed socially acceptable attitudes will lead to acceptance

Answer 8

adaptive

*person declaring to a social group that they enjoyed a popular movie can help to build social bonds

Question 9

attidues are ____________ id they protect our self esteem or justify actions that we know are wrong

Answer 9

ego-defensive

*child who has difficult doing match may develop a negative attitude toward the subject

Question 10

__________ theory posits that attutudes are developed through different forms of learning

Answer 10

learning theory

Question 11

according to the learning theory, how does direct contact affect attitudes?

Answer 11

direct contact with the object of an attitude can influence attitude towards that object

*children form a positive attitude toward sweets almost immediately after tasting them

Question 12

according to the learning theory, how does direct instruction affect attitudes?

Answer 12

direct instruction from others can also influence attitudes

*child is taught by parents not to use curse words can form a negative attitude toward curse words (and indirectly, a negative attitude toward those who use curse words)

Question 13

according to the learning theory, how does other people’s attitudes affect attitudes?

Answer 13

our attitudes can be influences by others attitudes

*teenager may begin to have a positive attitude toward smoking if he notices that all of his friends smoke

Question 14

explain the difference between central and peripheral route processing

Answer 14

central = analytical, high effort, lasting change in attitude, scientific papers

peripheral = no ellaboration, low effort, persuaded by appearance of speaker, catchphrases / slogans, logos

Question 15

explain the social cognitive theory

Answer 15

people learn how to behave and shape attitudes by observing the behaviors of others