HYS - CH8.2 Socialization Flashcards
CH8: social process, attitudes, and behavior
attitude
expression of positive or neg feeling towards person, place, thing, scenario
components of attitude
affective - emotional
behavioral - behavioral-based attitude is grounded by action towards the attitude object. Some of these may include screaming at the sight of a particular insect or rodent, or a habitual behavior such as nausea before giving a presentation with a large audience. Behavioral attitudes are often predictable.
cognitive - the way you think of something, justification and explanation
social cognitive theory
they learn how to behavior by observation and replication of others behavior
behavior influences attitude
foot in the door
agree to small request to get dragged into larger request
role playing behavior
new behaviors adapted by an individual as their own
insufficient justification
social stituation causes behavior but is not recognized as the cause
killing mosquitos bc mother hated it not bc i wanted to
overjustification
view behavior as caused by situation more than our iterest
cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is a mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions
discomfort in behavior in way we know is inconsistent
- change behavior
- reduce dissonant cognitions (ignore
- create new cognitive dissonance