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Affectively based attitude
And attitude based primarily on peoples emotions and feelings about the attitude object
Cognitively based attitude
Attitude based primarily on a persons beliefs about the properties of an attitude object
Behaviorally-based attitude
And attitude based primarily on observations of how one behaves towards an attitude object
Explicit attitudes
Attitudes that be consciously endorse and can easily report
Implicit Attitudes
Attitudes that are involuntary uncontrollable and at times unconscious
Theory of planned behaviour
A theory that the best predictors of a person’s planned deliberate behaviours are the person’s attitude toward specific behaviours subjective norms and perceived behavioural control
Persuasive communication
Communication advocating a particular side of an issue.
example a speech or television advertisement.
Yale attitude change approach
The study of the conditions under which people are more likely to change their attitudes in response to persuasive messages researchers in this tradition focus on “who said what to whom” That is on the source of the communication the nature of the communication and the nature of the audience
Heiristic systematic model of persuasion
The theory that there are two ways in which persuasive communication’s can cause attitude change people either process the merits of the arguments known as systematic process and where are swayed by factors that are preferable to the message. Such as experts are always right known as heuristic processing
Elaboration likelihood model
The theory that there are two ways in which persuasive communication’s can cause added to change the central route occurs when people are motivated and have the ability to pay attention to the arguments in the communication and the peripheral road which occurs when people do not pay attention to the arguments but are instead swayed by surface characteristics such as who gave the speech
Fear arousing communication
A persuasive message that attempts to change peoples attitudes by arousing their fears
Subliminal messages
Words or pictures that are not consciously perceived that supposedly influence people’s judgements attitudes and behaviours
Attitude inoculation
The process of making people I mean two attempts to change their attitudes by exposing them to small doses of the arguments against their position
Cognitive dissonance
A feeling of discomfort caused by the realization that one’s behaviour is inconsistent with one’s attitude or that one holds two conflicting attitudes
Post decisions dissonance
Demissonance that is inevitably aroused after person makes a decision such dissonance is typically produced by enhancing the attractiveness of the chosen alternative and deevaluating the rejected alternatives