Attitudes and Actions

Attitude: what is it and why does it affect our behavior? When someone says, “You have a bad attitude!” what do they mean? Is it behavior that is externalizing an attitude, or is it the attitude that is presenting a certain behavior? Can changing your attitude change your behavior? These are questions answered throughout this essay. Behavior is affected by attitudes as well as by external social influences. This essay will discuss the three circumstances …showed first 75 words of 718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 718 total…social pressures. According to Myers (2001), if we are reminded of how we feel about something we are truer to ourselves. Overall, internal attitudes and external influences have an affect on our behavior. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Resources Powell, M. C., & Fazio, R. H. (1984) Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 10, p. 139-148 Fazio, R. H. (1990). Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 23). San Diego: Academic Press. Myers, David G. (2001). Psychology, Sixth edition. p. 645-646. Worth Publishers, New York, New York.