Psychology: Attitudes and Functions

What are the three components of attitudes according to psychologists?

In cognitive dissonance theory, what happens when one's actions and beliefs do not align?

Which function do attitudes serve when they reflect the values one holds?

What type of attitudes are individuals usually unaware of according to psychologists?

How are attitudes reflected in behavior according to the text?

What is the cognitive bias that suggests people believe the world is fair?

Individuals with an optimistic explanatory style attribute negative events to which type of causes?

What is the term for explaining an event based on an interaction between two or more individuals?

When individuals attribute fault to others in negative situations, what type of attribution is being made?

Which explanatory style attributes positive events to specific, unstable, external causes?

What term refers to the tendency to attribute internal factors for success and external factors for failure?

Which bias involves attributing internal (personality-based) explanations and under-valuing external (situational) explanations for another person's behavior?

What describes the discrepancy between attributions made when one is the actor in a situation versus when one is the observer of other people's behavior?

Which attribution involves attributing successful outcomes of one's own behavior to internal causes and unsuccessful outcomes to external causes?

What is the term for the belief that people get what they deserve in life, which can lead to victim-blaming in some cases?

Which component of attributions refers to whether someone's attribution is stable or unstable over time?

In the context of attributions, what does an internal locus of control imply?

How do collectivist cultures differ from individualist cultures in terms of attributions?

What does the term 'attitude' refer to in social psychology?

How does cognitive dissonance theory explain attitudes?

What are the three types of information individuals consider when making an attribution?

In the context of attributions, what does 'consensus' refer to?

Using the attribution theory, what would lead to an internal attribution based on the film example provided?

How do attributions influence a person's future behavior in similar situations?

In the context of attributions, what does 'distinctive information' refer to?

What is the main difference between Internal and External Attribution?

Which model of attribution focuses on people attributing behavior to the factors that co-vary with that behavior?

In the context of attribution theories, what does the covariation principle state?

Which type of attribution might conclude that a person aced a test because they received extra help?

How do Internal Attributions and External Attributions differ in terms of emphasis?

What is the primary reason an individual may not recycle a can on a particular day even if they value the environment?

How can psychologists measure implicit attitudes that individuals may not be aware of?

In what situation would explicit attitudes be more likely to influence behavior?

Which type of attitude functions by providing general tendencies for an individual to approach or avoid certain objects?

What method is used to measure explicit attitudes?

How do psychologists differentiate between explicit and implicit attitudes?

Why do researchers attempt to understand the function of attitudes?