Attitudes

a person's evaluation of other people, objects, issues or anything else.

How are attitudes formed?

attitudes are learnt, they are not innate.

1. media: significantly influences our attitudes without us noticing.

2. Personal experience/direct contact: attitudes from from direct contact or personal experience with the objects of the attitude.

3. Interactions with others: attitudes formed through interactions with others who hold specific attitudes, such as parents, teachers and friends.

What are the components in the tri-component of attitudes?

Affective, behavioural, and cognitive.

Affective component:

feelings; the emotional component of attitudes- it involves how you feel about people, objects, places, events or ideas.

Behavioural component:

the action component of attitudes; it involves what you do (or dont) as an expression of your attitude.

Cognitive component:

The mental component of attitudes; involves he beliefs or thoguhts that you have about people, objects, places, events or ideas.

Limitations of the tri-component model of attitudes

1. Attitudes are general; behaviour is highly specific.

2. affect and cognition may make you more likely to behave a certain way, but there is no guarantee that they will.

3. situational factors, not just attitudes, can affect behaviour.

4. Although the tri-component model demonstrates certain components that compose an attitude, it does not reliably predict whether these attitudes are consistent or inconsistent. therefore attitudes do not reliably predict behaviour.

What are stereotypes?

a collection of fixed ideas about members of a certain group in which their individual differences are ignored.

How can stereotypes affect interpersonal relationships?

Stereotypes can lead to miscommunication, unrealistic expectations, or avoidance, harming how we connect with others.

How can stereotypes influence decision making?

People may rely on stereotypes to make quick but biased decisions, often without realising it.