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Assertion (A): The affective component of an attitude is the conative…

Assertion (A): The affective component of an attitude is the conative component.

Reason (R): The affective aspect refers to the emotional component of an attitude.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) is false but (R) is true.

Statement	Explanation
Assertion (A): The affective component of an attitude is the conative component. False.	The statement confuses the affective component with the conative one: the emotional side of an attitude is the affective aspect, and the tendency to act is the conative aspect, so one name cannot stand for both.
Reason (R): The affective aspect refers to the emotional component of an attitude. True.	The affective aspect is the emotional component of an attitude, the feelings a person carries towards the attitude object.

NCERT (2026-27): “NATURE AND COMPONENTS OF ATTITUDES …
All definitions of attitudes agree that an attitude is a state of the mind, a set of views, or thoughts, regarding some topic (called the ‘attitude object’), which have an evaluative feature (positive, negative or neutral quality). 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. …”