Chapter 7: Attitudes and Behavior Flashcards
DEF What is attitude?
an evaluation of an object in a positive or negative fashion that includes 3 components
What are the three components of attitude?
- affect
- cognition
- behavior
DEF What is affect (attitude)?
- component of attitude
- ammount of pos or neg emotion associated with an object
DEF What is cognition (attitude)?
- component of attitude
- thoughts that reinforce a person’s feelings
- –knowledge or associated memories abou the object
DEF What is behavior (attitude)?
- component of attitude
- tendency to approach or avoid
How do we measure attitudes?
- accessibility
- response latency
- centrality
- implicit attitde measure
- physiological indicators
DEF What is accessibility (attitude)?
how readily and attitude comes to mind
DEF What is response latency?
- measure of attitude
- the amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus
- less time = stronger attitude
DEF what is centrality (attitude)?
- measure of attitude
- how central an attitude is to one’s belief system
DEF What is implicit attitude measure?
- indirect measure
- something that is not self report
What are physiological indicators (attitude)?
increased heart rate, sweaty palms, etc.
Why are attitudes a poor predictor of behavior?
- attitudes conflict with other powerful determinants
- we introspect abou the reasons for our attitudes
- mismatch between general attitudes and specific targets
EDIE REEXAMINE #3 ABOVE
What is a stronger determinant of behavior than attitude?
prevailing social norms for apporpraite behavior
Introspection of attitudes Experiment
- participants asked to give an overall evaluation of relationship or reasons with overall evaluation
- those who had to give reasons gave less accurate evaluations because they were almost guessing how they really felt
What are differences in general attitude and specific targets?
- Highly specific attitudes may predict specific behavior
- Highly general attitudes may predict general behavior