Question

"luisa just made a dentist appointment. although she feels terrified of the dentist, she thinks that maintaining a healthy smile is important. this example best illustrates that"

Answer 1

This example best illustrates that "if the components of an attitude are inconsistent, attitudes may not predict behavior.".

The reasons why attitudes may not predict behavior is;

attitudes can conflict with great determinants of conduct

attitudes can be conflicting

attitudes about the purposes behind our dispositions

mismatch between specificity of dispositions and specificity of conduct

automatic conduct that detours cognizant attitudes