The individual reduces anxiety and emotional conflict. Attitudes serve to protect the self from unacceptable Impulses. Attitudes may serve to define the kind of person the individual considers himself to be. Attitudes express his self-image. Attitudes may be adopted so that he becomes acceptable to some groups and disassociated from other groups.
Attitudes facilitate the movement from one social group to another.
The individual reduces anxiety and emotional conflict. Defines the kind of person the individual thinks himself to be e. The individual tends to favor those things that serve his needs. The following are theories explaining attitude change under certain conditions. Congruity theory Balance theory symmetry theory Write the correct theory in the appropriate box below.