Aman spent his childhood evenings walking with his grandfather, a gentle and loving man who always played old Hindi film songs on a small radio. Nobody in the family ever praised or scolded anyone for listening to them. Now in college, Aman finds that he has a warm liking for those old songs. Which process of attitude formation best explains Aman's liking?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Learning attitudes by association
Option (1) Learning attitudes by association — Correct. Aman's warm feelings for his grandfather got linked to the songs the grandfather played. In learning by association, the good qualities of a person get attached to something connected with that person, and the liking moves to that thing.
Option (2) Learning attitudes by being rewarded or punished — Incorrect. Here an attitude grows because a person is praised or punished for showing it. Nobody praised or scolded Aman, so there was no reward or punishment behind his liking.
Option (3) Learning attitudes through modelling (observing others) — Incorrect. In modelling, we learn an attitude by watching others being rewarded or punished for it. Aman's grandfather was never praised for the songs, so Aman did not copy an attitude that he saw paying off.
Option (4) Learning attitudes through group or cultural norms — Incorrect. Norms are unwritten rules that everyone in a group is expected to follow. Listening to old songs was not a rule or an expected behaviour in Aman's family.
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