Functions of Attitudes

Question 1

What are attitudes

Answer 1

Attitudes are cognitive schema relating to an object, person, group, issue, or concept
An attitude can be a negative it a positive feeling
An attitude is also a subjective belief

Question 2

Deliberately formed.
Conscious.
Easy to self-report.
Very aware

Answer 2

Explicit attitude

Question 3

Involuntarily formed
difficult to self-report
unaware
unconscious

Answer 3

Implicit Attitudes

Question 4

examples of implicit attitudes

Answer 4

A women unconsciously dislikes someone

Question 5

example of explicit attitudes

Answer 5

I don’t like peanut butter