Personality and attitudes

Question 1

EQ. Using an example from sport or physical activity, describe the 3 components of attitude (6 marks)

Answer 1

• cognitive is your knowledge and what you know e.g you know that swimming is healthy
• affective is your emotions towards that e.g you enjoy swimming and feel good after
• behavioural is how you act e.g you do a lot of swimming

Question 2

State a pro and con of trait theory of personality formation

Answer 2

one pro is that their is evidence that personality is inherited
one con is that it is not just genetic input that determines personality

Question 3

State a pro and con of social learning theory of personality formation

Answer 3

one pro is that the BoBo doll experiment proves our peers influence us
one con is that siblings may have different personalities even when they had the same childhood