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three components of attitudes
> affect
> emotion
> behavior
cognitively based attitudes
beliefs about properties of attitude object
function of cognitive attitudes
object appraisal
affectivly based attitudes
feelings and values associated with attitude object

- can be based on conditioning
- - (classical: pair with something that evokes an emotional response)
- - (operant: reinforcement/punishment to increase/decrease behavior)
function of affective attitudes
value expressive
behaviorally based attitude
observe our behavior toward attitude object
> emerges when cognitive or affective attitudes or weak or ambigous AND no external reason for behavior
change behavioral attitudes
via cognitive dissonance
change affective attitudes
via
peripheral route of Elaboration Liklihood Model
OR
fear arousing communications
change cognitive attitudes
via
central route of Elaboration Liklihood Model
OR
Yale Attitude Change Approach
Elaboration Likelihood Model
??
Elaboration Likelihood Model: central route
paying attention to arguments leads to elaborating on persuasive message
> requires ability and motivation to listen carefully
- long lasting change
Elaboration Likelihood Model: peripheral route
people who do not have ability or motivation to pay attention do not elaborate
> pay more attention to peripheral detail
- short term change occurs
Dual Process Model
addendum to ELM to take into consideration factors beyond ability and motivation
> the person: ex. individual differences
> the situation: ex time pressures
Yale Attitude Change Approach
need to know
WHO says WHAT to WHOM
Yale Attitude: elements of WHO
> expertise: experts more persuasive
> attractiveness: more attractive more persuasive
Yale Attitude: elements of WHAT
> 2-sided argument more persuasive because it gives the appearance of "fairness" (inoculation theory)
> primacy
> recency
Inoculation Theory
expose audience to small dose of alternate arguments and refute them > increase immunity to later persuasive attempts
primacy
people influenced by what they hear first

- especially influential when decision is long after
recency
people influenced by what they hear last

- especially influential when decision is immediate
Yale Attitude: elements of WHOM
> distraction (distracted=more presuasible)
> self-esteem (moderate self-esteem=most easily persuaded)
> intelligence (low intelligence=most easily persuaded)
> age (young adults=most flexible in attitudes)
explicit attitudes
> controllable, reportable, conscious
> influences controlled behaviors
> usually measured by survey or verbal response
implicit attitudes
> uncontrollable, unreportable, unconscious
> influence uncontrolled behaviors
> usually measured by response latency
racial attitudes exp
white people respond to explicit and implicit measures
spoke to black or white confederate
verbal and non-verbal behavior coded

| | explicit | implicit |
| verbal | .40* | .04 |
| non-verbal | .02 | .41* |
affective attitudes are used most in tv ads. why?
easy to manipulate (peripheral characteristics)
don't have to pay much attention
how to change attitudes
> engage self-esteem (dissonance)
> fear arousing communications
> classical conditioning
George & Jennings (1975)
subliminal advertising doesn't work

exp: showed "hershey's chocolate" in film for one group
measure how many bought hershey's chocolate
found no statistical difference
subliminal advertising...
does not work
subliminal perception...
can effect behavior in controlled studies
media exposure
> mere exposure --> brand familiarity
> create new attitude where none existed