PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vacuum Cleaner, Semantic Differential, Real Change
16 Feb 2016
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Cognitive based attitudes: based primarily on a person"s beliefs. Ie i like this vacuum cleaner because this one picks up more. Affectively based attitudes: based primarily on people"s feelings. Can be sensory reaction (chocolate), conditioned (love warm. Behaviourally based attitudes: based on an observation of how. Ie. i recycled, so i must have a positive attitude toward. Attitude: an evaluation of a person, object, or idea. Where do attitudes come from? about the properties of an attitude object dirt and values pertaining to the attitude object comforters on snowy days, or value-based (anti-abortion) one behaves toward an attitude object. environmental issues . Bad ____ : ____ : ____ : ____ : ____ good. Modern prejudice: gay men are getting too demanding in their push for equal rights. Bogus piplines: fools people into disclosing their attitudes by convincing them that a machine can be used to gauge their private attitudes.
