Tri-component model of attitudes

Question 1

Tri-component model of attitudes

Answer 1

an explanation of attitudes, in terms of three related components — affective, behavioural and cognitive — that comprise any attitude

Question 2

Affective component

Answer 2

in the tricomponent model, the emotional reaction or feeling an individual has towards an object, person, group, event or issue

Question 3

Behavioural component

Answer 3

in the tricomponent model of attitudes, the way in which an attitude is expressed through our actions (or how we might behave should the opportunity arise)

Question 4

Cognitive component

Answer 4

in the tricomponent model, the beliefs an individual has about an object, person, group, event or issue