LearningCurve: 8f. The Relationship Between Attitudes and Behavior

______ showed that the political policies that were most important to people exerted the strongest influence on their actual voting behavior.

Krosnick

_____ found that there were complicated factors in how attitudes impacted behavior back in 1934.

LaPiere

If researchers use a polygraph machine when asking participants a series of personal questions, participants may believe that the researchers have a direct route to their attitudes. This direct route is also called:

Bogus pipeline

Researchers use this technique to learn about participants true attitudes.

Bogus pipeline

This technique is useful in situations where people are under strong pressures to express socially desirable attitudes.

Bogus pipeline

Which is NOT an ingredient in the intentions that we form, according to the theory of planned behavior?

Conscious awareness of the attitude

_____ found practically no relationship between married women's attitudes toward birth control and their actual use of birth control.

Davidson and

Warren and Yolanda are a young couple who live together in a small, one bedroom apartment in the city. They have decided to get a pet. Warren would like to get a puppy and Yolanda wants to get a kitten. Warren is not a fan of cats and Yolanda is not a fan of dogs. In the end, they decide to get a six-week old kitten. Why did Warren agree to get the kitten even though he wanted to get a puppy for a pet?

He had additional relevant attitudes that pulled him to agree to get the kitten.

Unconscious attitudes are _____ whereas conscious attitudes are _____.

Implicit; explicit

Brenda has been dating Bill for about six months. They have engaged in sexual intercourse on three occasions and have always used a condom. Both believe that using a condom is necessary to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. One evening when they are together they want to engage in intercourse but do not have a condom available. They decide to engage in intercourse without the condom. Which theory can BEST explain what happened here?

Prototype/willingness model of health behavior

Markus believes that driving while intoxicated is morally wrong. One evening when Markus is at a college party and drinking alcohol with some of his friends. His friend leaves the party early, leaving Markus at the party without a designated driver. Markus decides to drive home while intoxicated. Which theory can BEST explain what happened here?

Prototype/willingness model of health behavior

Rick Gibbons and Meg Gerrard proposed this theory.

Prototype/willingness model of health behavior

What might explain why in LaPiere's study the business owners did not refuse service to the Chinese couple but privately expressed that they would refuse service to Chinese clients in the future?

Self-presentation concerns

This refers to a person's openness to being influenced by social circumstances.

Willingness