AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -“The strength with which an attitude is held is often a good predictor of behaviour. The stronger the attitude the more likely it should affect behavior. We often or usually expect the behaviour of a person to be consistent with the attitudes that they hold.” Comment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Certainty is often treated as a predictor of attitude strength, and some evidence likewise shows that people have stronger biases in favor of attitude-consistent information when they are more certain of those attitudes (Knobloch-Westerwick & Meng, 2009).

Detailed explanation-3: -the extent to which an attitude persists over time, resists change, influences information processing, and guides behavior. Strong attitudes possess all four of these defining features, whereas weak attitudes lack them.

Detailed explanation-4: -People’s attitudes are often a good predictor of their behaviour. If someone has a positive attitude towards something, they’re more likely to act in a positive way towards it. Likewise, if someone has a negative attitude, they’re more likely to act in a negative way.

Detailed explanation-5: -A stronger (more favorable) attitude toward an issue may make the connections between related behaviors more salient and increase the motivation to work toward the underlying goal.