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vicotolentino · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Much research suggests that people's attitudes are not predictive of their behaviors. However, in some cases, people's attitudes ARE highly predictive of their behaviors. Identify at least three factors that increase attitude-behavior consistency.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Suppose that you are nearly mugged while walking down a crowded city street. Your body quickly reacts. Your heart rate speeds up, your breathing becomes more intense, and you feel pumped up to either attack the mugger or flee the scene. It would be most accurate to say that your ____ was activated in this situation.

a. peripheral nervous system
b. sympathetic nervous system
c. autonomic nervous system
d. parasympathetic nervous system

jaymee143 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a . Measuring more specific attitudes (or more general behaviors)
i. While the relationship between general attitudes (helping people) and specific behaviors (giving blood on Thursday) can be weak, the relationship between general attitudes and general behaviors (behaviors aggregated across time and situations) can be strong, as can the relationship between specific attitudes and specific behaviors.
b. Putting attitudes and behaviors in context
i. While there might be a weak relationship between an attitude (helping people) and a relevant behavior (giving blood), this is sometimes because people do not think of certain attitudes and behaviors in the same way that researchers do. To the extent that people can be reminded that certain behaviors involve certain attitudes and vice-versa, attitude-behavior consistency is likely to be greater.
c. Increasing attitude accessibility
i. When people's attitudes are made salient, they behave more in line with them.

Answer to Question 2

B