PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Dissonance, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Condom
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Chapter 6 notes attitudes and attitude change: influencing thoughts, feelings, behavior: attitude: an evaluation of a person, object or idea. Where do attitudes come from: not all attitudes are created equally, any given attitude can be based more on one type of experience than another. Suppose you asked a friend how much they enjoy exercising. If she says i guess i like it cause i always seem to be going for a run her attitude is based more of an observation of her own behavior than on her cog or affect. Implicit attitudes: explicit attitudes: attitudes that we consciously endorse and can easily report. Implicit attitudes: attitudes that are involuntary, uncontrollable, and at times unconscious. Implicit attitudes are rooted more in ppls childhood experiences, whereas explicit attitudes are rooted more in their recent experiences. When attitudes predict behavior: a. wicker (1969): ppls attitudes are poor predictors of their behavior.
