Chapter 7 SP Flashcards
attitude
a cognitive representation of an individuals evaluation of a person/group/thing/action/idea.
people can hold attributes about literally anything
attribute = evaluation!
persuasion
the process of forming, changing or strenghtening attitudes via communication
attitudes possible directions
positive, negative or neutral
how to measure attitudes
self-report: attitude schale (measuring intensity and direction)
mensen geven meer lagere nummers op een schaal van 0-10 dan van -5 tot 5:
dus mensen willen liever geen negatieve nummers gebruiken
implicit attitudes vs explicit attitudes
implicit: automatic evaluations about an object
implicit attitudes vs explicit attitudes
implicit: automatic evaluations about an object
explicit: the evaluation they overtly express
eentje is niet perse beter!
attitudes are useful because they help
master the environment
express connections with others
attitudes are assembled due to 3 factors:
- beliefs about attitude object
- feelings and emotions towards object
- information about past and current actions towards objects (vooral negative and heavy weighted info)
how do we master the environment via attitudes (2 functions)
- knowledge function: organizing and summarizing experiences with an attitude object
- instrumental function: helps us approach positive objects and avoid negative objects
and how do attitudes help us connect with others (2 functions)
- social identity function: helps us confirm to groups and show what we stand for
- impression management function: we try to support the thoughts that we think our environment also supports
we can form multiple attitudes about one object!!
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3 aspects of a mental representation
- cognitive info
- affective info
- behavioural info (past, present or future interactions w/ an object)
attitudes worden het meest veroorzaakt door …. (cognitive/affective/behavioural)
cognitive -> vooral door hearsay, niet door eigen experiences
affective info can also play a large role:
- attitudes come first, then cognitive
- attitudes can overrule cognitive info
- natural preferrence for pleasure over pain
- people differ naturally in temperament
information about behaviour can dominate when…
that behaviour is habitual
attitude forms via 3 mechanisms
- concistency: mensen gaan uit van wat ze al weten (want anders: cognitive dissonance)
- negative weighs more
- accessible info is more used
ambivalent attitude
als je een beetje met beide kanten eens bent -> neutraal (dus niet altijd uitgaan van consistency)
the stronger the association/attitude…
- the faster it comes
- the more it will substitute other information
- the less easily the attitude is changed
2 forms of persuasion
- rational messages (cognitive)
- emotional appeals