1. Social Psychology Talbot
Chapter Four
Behaviors and Attitudes

2. Components of an Attitude
Affect
Behavior
Cognitions

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4. When do attitudes predict behavior?
Minimizing social influences on expressed attitudes
Minimizing other influences on behavior
Examining attitudes specific to the behavior
Making attitudes potent
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5. Does behavior determine attitudes?
Role playing
Saying becomes believing
The foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Evil acts and attitudes
Interracial behavior and attitudes
Social movements
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6. Why does behavior affect attitudes?
Self-presentation theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
Insufficient justification
Dissonance after decisions
Self-perception theory
Overjustification and intrinsic motivations
Comparing the theories
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