AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

ATTRIBUTION ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Attitudes give a direction to one’s behavior and actions.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Our attitude also influences those around us and vice-a-versa. Having a positive attitude makes you productive, deal with any problem effectively and look at failures as a means to introspect and improve oneself rather than losing all hope and giving up.

Detailed explanation-2: -Attitude toward behavior: an individual’s positive or negative evaluation of self-performance of the particular behavior. The concept is the degree to which performance of the behavior is positively or negatively valued.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attitude refers to how someone feels about something. For example, a student having a negative outlook toward math class. A behavior is how someone acts in response to their feelings. For example, the student’s action of skipping math class.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Behavior does not always follow from attitudes. This is because behavior has numerous causes. Behavior follows from attitudes when a person has choice in how to act.

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