C11- Attitudes

Question 1

Define the term attitude

Answer 1

a predisposition to act in a particular way towards something or someone in a person’s environment

Question 2

Factors that cause positive attitudes to be formed

Answer 2

• belief in the benefits of exercise
• enjoyable experiences
• being good at a particular sport
• excited by the challenge of sport
• stress release
• influence of significant others

Question 3

Factors that cause negative attitudes to be formed

Answer 3

• not believing in the benefits
• bad past experiences (injury/failure)
• lack of ability
• fear of taking part
• stress and anxiety when taking part
• influence of others (non-participation is norm)

Question 4

What is the theory for attitude and explain it

Answer 4

triadic model

• cognitive / affective / behavioural

cognitive: knowledge and beliefs

Affective: feelings and emotions towards it

behavioural: intended behaviour (positive if are two components are positive)

If all elements of the triangle are even then the attitude remains stable

Question 5

How do you change attitudes (3)

Answer 5

The persuader - persuasive communication from a high status role model for example a pe teacher

The message - quality of message needs to be of high standard and not overloading the performer

The recipient - the person needs to be willing to change their attitude not be stubborn

Question 6

describe cognitive dissonance

Answer 6

• must be opposing beliefs
• this causes discomfort (dissonance)
• to be comfortable one of the beliefs must be dominant
• person doing it needs to be a well respected high status role model (for example a teacher)