Social Psych Exam 3

Explicit attitudes are...

• involuntary, uncontrollable, and unconscious evaluations

• ones we consciously endorse and can easily report

_____ component is how people act toward the attitude object

• Affective

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

_______ are learned and relatively stable evaluations of people, objects, or ideas.

• Perspectives

• Attitudes

• Ideas

What are attitudes influenced by?

• Genetics

• Social experiences

_____ component is the thoughts and beliefs that people form about the attitude object

• Affective

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

_____ component is people's emotional reactions towards the attitude object

• Affective

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

Implicit attitudes are...

• involuntary, uncontrollable, and unconscious evaluations

• ones we consciously endorse and can easily report

Elaboration likelihood model explains how persuasive messages can cause attitudes:

_____ is when people do not pay attention to arguments but are instead swayed by surface characteristics

• Centrally

• Peripherally

______ attitudes predicts behaviour

• Explicit

• Implicit

__________ is the idea that people's intentions are the best predictors of their deliberate behaviours, which are determined by their attitudes toward specific behaviours, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control.

• Theory of planned behaviour

• Behavioural theory

• Intention and behaviour theory

• Theory of intentions