Question

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The Assignment (3–5 pages)

Explain at least two ways cognition, affect, and behavior impact attitude formation. Explain at least three functions attitudes serve. Support your response using both formal theoretical and empirical literature addressing attitude function.

Explain the extent to which you believe attitudes can have an impact on behavior.

Be specific and use the Learning Resources and the current literature to support your response

Answer 1

Ques :-Explain at least three functions attitudes serve?

• Attitudes serve four major functions for the individual: (By Daniel Katz)

1. The adjustments / utilitarian / adaptive (or instrumental) function:-These functions are the motivational bases which shape and reinforce positive attitudes toward goal objects perceived as need satisfying and / or negative attitudes toward other objects perceived as punishing or threatening.The functions themselves can help us to understand why people hold the attitudes.

• The ego defensive function :-where people use defense mechanisms to protect themselves from psychological harm. Mechanisms are Denial ,Repressio ,Projection ,Rationalization
• The value expressive (or ego-expressive) function:-to protect a person’s self image, value expressive attitudes enable the expression of the person’s centrally held values. Central values tend to establish our identity and gain us social approval thereby showing us who we are, and what we stand for.
• The knowledge function.

Ques:---- Explain the extent to which you believe attitudes can have an impact on behavior?

Answer :---- Sometimes individual is not aware of the effects but Attitudes can positively or negatively affect a person's behavior.person with positive attitudes towards things which include work or co worker can positively influence those around them. Good attitude person are active and productive and do what they can to improve the mood of those around them.But person having negative attitudes (such as discontentment, boredom, etc.), will always be unhappy even if situation is in his /her favour. Negative behaviour of person also affect those around them and behave in a manner that reduces efficiency and effectiveness.Attitude is a feeling, belief, or opinion of approval or disapproval towards something. Behavior is an action or reaction that occurs in response to an event

Ques 2:----Explain at least two ways cognition, affect, and behavior impact attitude formation?

Every attitude has three components that are represented in what is called the ABC model of attitudes: A for affective, B for behavioral, and C for cognitive.

Affective component refers to the emotional reaction one has toward an attitude object.Political attitudes are typically affectively-based.

Behaviour refers to the way one behaves when exposed to an attitude object.

cognitive component, and it refers to the thoughts and beliefs one has about an attitude object.

Eg:-Alice - who has ophidiophobia (a phobia of snakes). A snake is an attitude object. Whenever Alice is exposed to a snake - whether she sees one or thinks about one - she feels extreme anxiety and fear (affective component)

If she does see one, she probably screams or cries.( behavior)what does she think about snakes? It's likely she believes that all snakes are dangerous and gross. Beyond the physical and emotional reactions of her phobia, (cognitive component)