PSYC 2100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Arson, Reinforcement, Social Comparison Theory

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2100
• Professor: Danay Novoa

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Lecture 15: attitudes, beliefs, and consistency (chapter 7) 06th (cid:862)beliefs a(cid:396)e pie(cid:272)es of i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g; fa(cid:272)ts o(cid:396) opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s(cid:863) pg. (cid:1006)(cid:1007)(cid:1006: e. g. , you can have a (cid:271)elief a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)eathe(cid:396) outside, (cid:862)it"s s(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g outside(cid:863), ha(cid:448)e a (cid:271)elief a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)eathe(cid:396) outside. You (cid:272)a(cid:374) pi(cid:272)k (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:1009) i(cid:373)ages, that"s base on our belief. Attitude is a broad or global evaluation towards an issue or object (a target), either favourable or unfavourable: e. g. , you can have a positive or favourable attitude (or like) the weather outside, (cid:862)i lo(cid:448)e s(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:863). It can be a person or object, looking at it favourable or unfavourable: liking the weather will show you have a favourable attitude towards it, etc. We fo(cid:396)(cid:373) a(cid:374) attitude a(cid:271)out a(cid:271)solutel(cid:455) e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g. o(cid:373)e of it (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e a(cid:449)a(cid:396)e of and some we are not. When looking at attitudes, something like the abcs comes into play.