How Our Attiitude Affect Behavior

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When does our attitude affect our attitude? Tikesha A. Ford Indiana Tech PSY 2780 August 31, 2012 Rita Polivick Abstract Attitudes form directly as a result of experience. They may emerge due to direct personal experience, or they may result from observation. Social roles and social norms can have a strong influence on attitudes. Social roles relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context. Social norms involve society's rules for what behaviors are considered appropriate. I am writing this paper to fill an assignment for this course. The paper will be on when our behavior affects our attitude. I. I will describe the meaning of attitude and behaviors. II. How do attitudes form? Attitudes are believed to be learned; sometimes attitudes could be rubbed from other people behaviors. III. Can we control our behavior and attitudes? When does our behavior affect our attitude? Psychologist define attitude as a learned tendency, attitude means manner, disposition, feeling, position, with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind. Behavior means the manner of conducting oneself anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation the response of an individual, group, or species to its environment the way in which someone behaves; an instance of such behavior the way in which something functions or operates. How do attitudes form? Attitudes form as a result of an experience. Social roles and social norms can have a strong influence on attitudes. Social roles relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context. Social norms involve society’s rules for what behaviors are considered appropriate. Attitudes are also learned, a commercial come on the television advertising a soft drink, and young beautiful people are on a beautiful tropical
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