Attitudes and Stigma

Question 1

Components of attitude

Answer 1

1. Affective - feelings, emotions
2. Behavioural - actions, intentions
3. Cognitive - thoughts, beliefs, knowledge

Question 2

What influences attitude

Answer 2

Stigma - can lead to prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination

Question 3

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 3

discrepancy between the cognitive or affective components of an attitude and behaviour
When thoughts, reliefs or feelings don’t match with the behaviour

Question 4

Stereotype

Answer 4

Attitude about a certain group of people

Question 5

Prejudice

Answer 5

Preconceived opinion on a group of people

Question 6

Stigma

Answer 6

A cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivates the general public to fear, reject, avoid and discriminate against a particular group based on an identifying feature