The thought component of an attitude is referred to as _____ aspect.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → cognitive
An attitude has three components, together called the A-B-C components.
Option (1) affective — Incorrect. The affective aspect is the emotional component of an attitude, such as liking or disliking the attitude object.
Option (2) cognitive — Correct. The thought component is referred to as the cognitive aspect: what the person believes or thinks about the attitude object, for example that trees keep the air clean.
Option (3) behavioral — Incorrect. The behavioural aspect is the tendency to act in a particular way towards the attitude object.
Option (4) conative — Incorrect. Conative is another name for the behavioural aspect, the tendency to act, not the thought.
NCERT (2025-26): “Nature and Components of Attitudes … It is accompanied by an emotional component, and a tendency to act in a particular way with regard to the attitude object. The thought component is referred to as the cognitive aspect, the emotional component is known as the affective aspect, and the tendency to act is called the behavioural (or conative) aspect. Taken together, these three aspects have been referred to as the A-B-C components (Affective-Behavioural-Cognitive components) of attitude.…” |