Question

1. Define implicit attitudes and explicit attitudes;
2. then speculate how these impact each other.

3. What did social psychology researchers learn from Milgram’s study and why is it considered unethical?
4. Make up an example of the foot-in-the-door technique [do not use ones from course materials].
5. Make up an example of the door-in-the-face technique [do not use ones from course materials].

Answer 1

1.

• Explicit attitudes can be defined as attitudes which are present and the conscious level.These attitudes are deliberately constructed by the individual.They can be self reported .
• Implicit attitudes are those attitudes which are formed at the unconscious level.They are formed through an involuntary process.They are typical in nature .These are in simple words positive or negative evaluation .

They impact each other in different ways . Let us understand this through an example . Suppose a person is everyday exposed to negative biases and ideas towards older and aging people . But the person disagrees with all these ideas and negative aspects .He or she maintains a positive external attitude towards aged individuals .This is how they interact with each other. Implicit attitudes help us to shape or explicit attitude and behaviors