Question

a) State an attitude you have towards a thing (e.g., a holiday, sports car, movie, etc.) or people (e.g., doctors, politicians, racial groups, etc.).

b) Describe the affective, behavioral, and cognitive components of that attitude.

c) Explain how you came to acquire it (i.e., how did you learn it?).

d) Explain whether your attitude has a high chance of predicting your future behavior by addressing the four factors (i.e., strength, specificity, accessibility, social norms).

*Remember to limit your response to 12 lines AND provide your answer in a, b, c, d format as you see above.

*This is a social psychology question*

Answer 1

Answer - a. My attitude towards doctors is really positive but I have a negative attitude towards racial groups.

Answer - b. Doctors - positive attitude

Affective component - I have positive attitude towards doctors because it gives me pleasure and a feeling of joy and happiness. I think this is the reason I became a doctor. Helping others always gives me happiness. Affective component is about the feelings that you have towards a person or a particular thing.

Behavioural component - behavioral component is about the behaviour towards thing or person. As I have a positive attitude towards doctor it naturally change is my behaviour towards them. My behaviour towards them is respectful.

Cognitive component - it is about having particular thoughts, beliefs and knowledge towards related to the attitude.

I think what doctors do is honourable and I always believed that there is no better job than helping people. Alleviate their suffering & help them in need for most basic thing.

So, my attitude towards doctors is positive because of what that profession makes me feel, how I respect them and my thoughts about helping people.

Answer C. When I was a child I fractured my arm while playing, i at that time I was in a lot of pain, when doctors treated me, the way they took care of me and tried to make laugh. That was the first time I thought doctors are great.

My father had a double heart attack when I was in 10th class, I was preety much shattered and scared. But it was because of one doctor who actually treated my dad so well,only with medications he didn't even need surgery. It was 9 years ago. My dad is alive and healthy because of that doctor. I think saving life is the best profession.

D. Yes, that attitude did affect my future. I studied medicine because of what I thought about doctors in the first place. Naturally, my interest was also developed towards medical.