AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A feeling or belief about something
A
attitude
B
behavior
C
cognition
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Attitude refers to feelings, beliefs and behaviour predispositions directed towards people, groups, ideas or objects. Attitudes will always have a positive and negative element and have a tendency to behave in a certain way toward that person or object.

Detailed explanation-2: -Attitude is an individual’s predisposed state of mind regarding a value and it is precipitated through a responsive expression towards oneself, a person, place, thing, or event (the attitude object) which in turn influences the individual’s thought and action.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your attitude is your way of thinking about something or behaving in relation to it. Attitude is often used with words like good, bad, positive, or negative to refer to the overall way a person or group thinks about and often behaves toward something.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some common synonyms of belief are credence, credit, and faith. While all these words mean “assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance, ” belief may or may not imply certitude in the believer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some common synonyms of opinion are belief, conviction, persuasion, sentiment, and view. While all these words mean “a judgment one holds as true, ” opinion implies a conclusion thought out yet open to dispute.

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