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How individuals form attitudes to people and perspectives ...

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Attitudes Friday, 21 August 2020 9:07 AM • • •

Some attitudes are stronger then others Are learnt through experiences Some attitudes we are unawear of

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Attitude: an evaluation a person makes about an object, person, group, event or issue The term evaluation refers to a judgement being made Attitudes involve reactions

Tri-Component Model of attitudes • Affective component (feeling) • Behavioural component (actions) • Cognitive component (beliefs) • All three components must be present before an attitude can exist

Gender prejudice • Prejudice can be directed to anyone, it is discrimination against a collective group

Inconsistency in attitudes • There can be limitations to attitudes • There is often an inconsistency between a persons attitudes and their actual behaviour • For example, you're scared of flying, you think its dangerous but you fly anyway because you want to travel Cognitive dissonance • When our actions don't match up to our feelings • For example when you're smocking, you feel guilty and dirty doing it, you know itll make you sick, but you do it anyway • To avoid this, people change their attitudes to suit their behaviour. Or you can change your behaviour to suit your attitude...