PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Welfare, Perceived Control, Condom

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2110
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

A favourable or unfavourable reaction toward something or someone [or yourself], exhibited in one"s beliefs, feelings, and intended behaviour: they represent. How you ought to behave given these thoughts and feelings: three components. Intended behaviour = predisposition to act in a particular way. Cognitive (thoughts or beliefs about what something (object, person, situation) is like: attitudes can also be ambivalent. Behavioural: intend to take a test drive, purchase. Attitudes (private) and behaviour (observable) correspondence: little correspondence between attitude and behaviour towards minorities. 1/251 places refused to take in chinese people. Years later, sent them a letter saying they will be coming and if they will accept then. 91% said no: little correspondence between attitude and behaviour with morality. Had to assign a task to them and another to a partner, one task is appealing with a reward and the other is boring without a reward. Racial & moral attitudes, cheating, church, smoking actually smoking, tv violence, condom use.