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Social Cognition

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focuses on the ways in which people think about others and how these ideas impact behavior

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Attitude

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  • the expression of positive or negative feelings toward a person, place, thing, or scenario
  • develop from experiences with others who affect our opinions and behaviors
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What are the three components of attitude?

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  • affective
  • behavioral
  • cognitive
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Behavioral Component of Attitude

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  • the way a person acts with respect to something

- Ex. avoiding snakes and spending time with one’s family

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Affective Component of Attitude

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  • the way a person feels towards something and is the emotional component of attitude
  • Ex. snakes scare me, I love my family
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Cognitive Component of Attitude

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  • the way an individual thinks about something, which is usually the justification for the other two components
  • Ex. knowing snakes can be dangerous/poisonous provides reason to be afraid of snakes
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Functional Attitudes Theory

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-states that attitudes serve four functions: knowledge, ego expression, adaptation, ego defense

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Knowledge

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  • component of functional attitudes theory
  • provides consistency and stability: help provide organization to thoughts and experiences
  • knowing attitudes of others helps predict their behavior
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Ego-Expressive

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  • component of functional attitudes theory

- allows us to communicate and solidify our self-identity

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Adaptation

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  • component of functional attitudes theory

- the idea that one will be accepted if socially acceptable attitudes are expressed

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Ego-Defensive

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  • component of functional attitudes theory

- protect our self-esteem or justify actions that we know are wrong

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Learning Theory of Attitude

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  • attitudes are developed through different forms of learning
  • attitudes may be formed through classical conditioning, operant conditioning, or observational learning
  • Ex. child taught by parents not to swear so child develops negative attitude towards swear words and maybe even toward individuals who swear
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Elaboration Likelihood Model

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  • separates individuals on a continuum based on their processing of persuasive information
  • has two extremes: central route processing and peripheral route processing
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Central Route Processing

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  • one extreme of the elaboration likelihood model
  • individuals who elaborate extensively; those who think deeply about information, scrutinize its meaning/purpose, and draw conclusions based on this thought
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Peripheral Route Processing

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  • other extreme of the elaboration likelihood model
  • individuals who do not elaborate, focusing on superficial details: appearance of the person delivering the argument, catchphrases and slogans, and credibility
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Social Cognition Theory of Attitude

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  • postulates that people learn how to behave and shape attitudes by observing the behaviors of others
  • behavior is not learned through trial and error but develops through direct observation and replication of the actions of others, personal factors, and the environment
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What are the 3 interactive factors of Bandura’s Triadic Reciprocal Causation?

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  • behavior
  • personal factors
  • environment
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Compliance

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  • change in behaviors to get reward/avoid punishment
  • not necessarily a change in beliefs
  • Ex. Asch Experiment (told confederate individuals to give incorrect answer to vision test and participants chose the wrong answer the confederate chose 75% of the time
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Identification

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  • change beliefs to be similar to someone who you admire

- ex. kids often have same belief as their parents

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Internalization

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-you actually change your attitude because of the content of the new attitude