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the descriptive normwhat other people do
the descriptive normwhat other people do
the descriptive normwhat other people do
the descriptive normwhat other people do
intracomponentboth positive and negative emotions
intercomponentpositive emotions, negative beliefs
ambivalent attitudes do not predict...ambivalent attitudes do not predict behaviours as well as non-ambivalent attitudes
response polarisationmakes people more influenced by environmental cues that make +/- reminders salient
indicators of attitude strengthcertainty, importance, and accessibility
explicit attitudesattitudes we're consciously aware of and can therefore control
implicit attitudesattitudes we're NOT consciously aware of
knowledge functionimplies thinking and cognitions
symbolic functionrequires expression and behaviour
social identity functionbehaviour according to your attitude makes you feel good and makes others like you
theory of reasoned actionattitude +subjective norm > intention > behaviour
subjective normperceived social pressure to perform or not perform a behaviour
intention is the immediate predictor of ________behaviour
behavioural beliefs x outcome evaluations leads to _______attitude
normative beliefs x motivation to comply leads to ________subjective norms
theory of planned behaviourwhat people think about the decisions they make
control beliefs x perceived power leads to ________perceived behavioural control
two important considerations in attitude measurementreliability and validity
osgood's semantic differentiala binary attitude scale which includes various subscales that measure the connotative meaning of an attitude object (good_______________bad)
cognitionbeliefs, thoughts, knowledge
affectfeelings, emotions
behaviourbehavioural disposition, action
What is this model called ?tripartite model
principle of compatibilitywhen we measure attitudes, we need to be compatible in terms of action, target, context, and time
low correspondencedifferent attitude than behaviour
partial correspondencecompleting a behaviour within the realm of your attitude (e.g. bringing flowers to someone you like)
high correspondencethe same attitude as behaviour
TACT modelthe TACT model says that we can define an attitude in terms of the target (T), action (A), context (C), and time (T).
prototypea mental representation of an attitude object
prototypicalitycompatibility between the mental representation of the target when the attitude is assessed and again at the time of behaviour. This increases attitude-behaviour correspondence
the descriptive normwhat other people do