ATTITUDES

Question 1

What is an attitude?

Answer 1

a value aimed at an attitude object

- value or believe towards something

Question 2

How are attitudes formed?

Answer 2

• associating with others and picking up their opinions and values. this is called socialisation

Question 3

What is the triadic model?

Answer 3

• its how attitude was developed, it’s made of three parts:
• the cognitive part
• the affective part
• the behavioural part

Question 4

What is the cognitive part of the triadic model?

Answer 4

• this is a belief
  such as the belief in the ability to win
• the most deep rooted

Question 5

What is the affective part of the triadic model?

Answer 5

• relates to feeling and interpretation such as enjoyment.
• feelings and emotions
• e.g a player ENJOYS taking part in the training

Question 6

What is the behavioural part of the triadic model?

Answer 6

• the actions of the performer
• actions and habits of the performer
• e.g plays win match and turns unto training- shows good behavioural attitude

Question 7

How do you motivate change in a performer’s attitude?

Answer 7

• cognitive dissonance

Question 8

What is cognitive dissonance?

Answer 8

• coach puts pressure on one or more attitude components
• performer becomes uneasy and is motivated to change
• dissonance means to create conflict in thinking.

Question 9

Give an example of cognitive dissonance?

Answer 9

• player is given new information so that they begin to question their current attitudes and become motivated to change them
• the coach might point out the benefits of a new form of exercise or training method which the performer shows a negative approach to.
  2. make the activity fun and enjoyable by using varied practice. more fun could change attitude
  3. use rewards as reinforcement
  4. cochleae could bring in a role model.

Question 10

What is persuasion?

Answer 10

• an effective communication to promote change.

Question 11

How to change behaviour of a tennis player to train more often

Answer 11

Cognitive - believe in their skills and believe that training will help them train
Affective - feel that training is fun and helpful
Behaviour - train more regularly

Question 12

How are attitudes formed due to Conditioning

Answer 12

Rewards will strengthen exciting attitudes & thus strengthen the intension to train

Question 13

How are attitudes formed due to Socialisation / social learning

Answer 13

We learn from role model / parents. Media had become a powerful former of attitudes including negative = stereotyping

Question 14

The two psychological theories about changing attitude

Answer 14

1) persuasion communication

2) cognitive dissonance

Question 15

What factors affect persuasion communication

Answer 15

The persuader- the person attempting to change behaviour
The receiver - the wholes attitude needs to be changed
Quality of message

Question 16

What should be characteristics of a persuader

Answer 16

1) high status in the eye of receiver
2) high credibility = their message can be trusted
3) high popularity = effective message transfer

Question 17

What are the pros and cons of persuasive communication and cognitive dissonance

Answer 17

Pro: allows you to understand negative behaviour and factors that would contribute to changing attitude, along with strategies.
Con: too simplistic as it doesn’t consider personality, motivation or whether they have a need for consistency