fiunctions of attitudes

Question 1

what are attitudes

Answer 1

attitudes are long lasting evaluations that we hold about ourseleves, other people, objects and issues. they are made up of feelings,beleifs and behaviours. what

Question 2

what are the the 3 ways we can learn attitudes

Answer 2

1. direct expieriences
2. interaction with others
3. beleifs and values of the culture we live in

Question 3

define attitude formation

Answer 3

the way we develop evaluations or actions and thoughts or feelings of others.

Question 4

what is the function of attitudes

Answer 4

if we dont have attitudes it is difficukt to deal with daily events, make decisons and making sense of of relationships with others.

Question 5

how do attitudes help us

Answer 5

• guiding our behaviour
• help to get what we want and avpid what we dont
• save us energy

Question 6

what are the two types of attitudes

Answer 6

• explicit
• implicit

Question 7

what are explicit attitudes

Answer 7

explicit attitudes arw ehn people openly express their attitude and behave in a way in a way that reflects that.

Question 8

how can explicit attitudes be measured

Answer 8

they can be meeasured by:
- self report tests
- rating scales
- surveys

Question 9

what are implicit attitudes

Answer 9

implicit attitudes are involentary, uncontrollable and sometimes unconsious.

Question 10

what are the 3 relationship indicators

Answer 10

1. specificty
2. information
3. situation

Question 11

what are the 3 companants of attitudes

Answer 11

1. affect (feeling and emotion)
2. behvaiour (what we do)
3. cognition (our thoughts)