Bidirectional links, self-monitoring and cognitive dissonance

What this note covers

1. Attitudes and behaviour influence each other
2. Strength, accessibility and specificity affect prediction
3. Situational pressure can interrupt consistency
4. Self-monitoring changes responses to social cues
5. Behaviour can reshape attitude through interpretation and dissonance
6. Analyse an attitude–behaviour case with evidence
7. Tracing an attitude-behaviour feedback loop
8. Testing correspondence without blaming the person

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes