GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The affective component of attitude relates to a person’s feelings or emotions in their shaping on attitudes to a person or object. If you feel more positive about someone you are more likely to address them in a positive manner.
Detailed explanation-2: -Attitudes have three components: Cognitive, affective, and behavioral intentions. The cognitive component of an attitude is a statement of belief about something.
Detailed explanation-3: -Strong attitudes have four features: They are resistant to change, stable over time, influential on cognition, and influential on action (Krosnick & Petty 1995). Over the past three decades, researchers have found different features of attitudes to be related to strength (for a list of these features, see Table 1).
Detailed explanation-4: -Typically, attitudes are favorable or unfavorable: positive or negative (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993). And, they have three components: an affective component (feelings), a behavioral component (the effect of the attitude on behavior), and a cognitive component (belief and knowledge) (Rosenberg & Hovland, 1960).