Attitude is a person's inner thoughts and feelings
Attitudes structure can be described in terms of three components.
§ Affective component: this involves a person’s feelings / emotions about the attitude
object. For example: “I am scared of spiders”.
§ Behavioral (or conative)
component: the way the attitude we have
influences how we act or behave. For example: “I will avoid spiders and scream
if I see one”.
§ Cognitive component: this involves a person’s belief / knowledge about an attitude
object. For example: “I believe spiders are dangerous”.
Difference between attitude and behaviour
¢ Attitude and behavior are two quite different things. Attitude is a
person's inner thoughts and feelings, while behavior is usually an outward
expression of attitude, but the two are not always related. For instance,
psychopaths are people whose attitudes are composed of low morality.
¢ When a person's attitude and behavior differ, dissonance will
likely result, and a change in attitude or behavior will be the probable
outcome.
No comments:
Post a Comment