Attitudes and Behavior

Question 1

attitudes

Answer 1

tendencies toward expression of positive or negative feelings or evaluations of something

Question 2

what components are there to attitudes

Answer 2

affective, behavioral, and cognitive

Question 3

the functional attitudes theory

Answer 3

states that there are four functional areas of attitudes that serve individs in life: knowledge, ego expression, adaptability and ego defense

Question 4

the learning theor

Answer 4

this states that attitudes are developed through forms of learning: direct contact, direct interaction, direct instruction, and conditioning.

Question 5

the elaboration likelihood model

Answer 5

states that attitudes are formed and changed through different routes of information processing based on the degree of elaboration (central route processsing peripheral route processing.)

Question 6

the social cognitive theory

Answer 6

states that attitudes are formed through observation of behavior, personal factors, and environment