Attitude Formation: Function and Structure

The Relationship Pattern Between English Prep School Students Academic Performance and Their Motivation, Anxiety and Attitudes

“…Although attitude and its processes have long been searched and discussed, there is not a clear definition of the term (Gardner, 1985). In generall, it is described as an element of evaluation (Gardner, 1985;Chaiken, 2001;Petty, 2001). In this sense, it can be considered as the individual's reaction to an object, event or a situation and therefore it is said to consist of experiences, beliefs and emotions (Basadur and Basadur, 2011).…”

Understanding non-compliance in national parks: an extension of the theory of planned behaviour

“…This is important because it validates and supports researchers in social psychology who view attitudes as the main concept for predicting behaviours (Rohan, 2000;Vaughan & Hogg, 2013). Since values are translated into a set of attitudes as part of their definition, research about either attitudes or values can still overlap or be useful to the other (Chaiken et al, 2001). Findings of this present study reveal that although BMNP visitors held general pro-environmental values in terms of agreeing that humans are severely abusing the environment, they did not see the act of venturing off-trail as abusing the environment.…”

“…This is important because most researchers in social psychology view attitudes as the main concept for predicting behaviour (see Rohan, 2000;Vaughan & Hogg, 2013) (Chaiken et al, 2001). Therefore, it is not surprising that some studies do not lead to conclusions and values are hard to identify (Schwartz, 1992).…”

“…Second, the study employs values theory using the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) (Dunlap et al, 2000) to explore the relationship among pro-environmental values, beliefs and attitudes towards off-trail behaviour at BMNP. As well as exploring the practical use of pro-environmental values in relation to off-trail behaviour, researchers have called for more research into understanding the relationship between values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour (Schwatz & Bardi, 2003), as research into values, beliefs and attitudes can still overlap and are treated in the same manner by researchers (Chaiken et al, 2001). There have also been debates about whether values do influence behaviour or simply influence beliefs, attitudes and behaviour in a hierarchical manner, as proposed by Fulton et al (1996).…”

Διαφοροποιήσεις Στις Στάσεις Μελών Της Μεσαίας Τάξης Σε Σχέση Με Την Εκπαίδευση

“…Η έννοια των στάσεων και η μελέτη τους είναι μία πολύ σημαντική παράμετρος αφού συνδέονται με τη συμπεριφορά, την αντίληψη, τη σκέψη και γενικότερα με την κοινωνική ζωή και όπως προαναφέρθηκε οι στάσεις αφορούν και την αντίληψη αφηρημένων εννοιών (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993;Chaiken, 2004;Ajzen, & Fishbein, 2005) και «στην ανάλυση της αντίληψης των κοινωνικών φαινομένων από την πλευρά του ατόμου» (Γεώργας, 1990: 121), μία τέτοια αφηρημένη έννοια αλλά και κοινωνικό φαινόμενο-θεσμός είναι και η εκπαίδευση 11 που διαπραγματευόμαστε σε αυτή την εργασία. Η αντίληψη των κοινωνικών φαινομένων είναι ιδιαίτερης σημασίας αφού έχει άμεση σχέση με την ευρύτερη αντιμετώπιση και προσαρμογή του ατόμου στον κοινωνικό του περίγυρο.…”