Rokeach's Theory Of Values And Attitudes

A theory is a system of ideas intended to explain something especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. In this paper I will be discussing one particular theory. The theory of Values and Attitudes. Rokeach was known for his work on attitudes. He believed we should change or question our values at some point in life. A value is a person’s standards of behavior, ones judgement of what is important in life. It is an enduring belief about preference. In the theory of values there are many concepts. Social judgment being one of them, it is how you base your judgment on others based on what you believe. Self esteem is the second important function in the

Those being personal and social. Personal being the ideal version of yourself and social as how society should be. Your system of values is what contributes to the person you are. Your values have attachments to them. The emotional and behavioral factors that give the value and attitude meaning. Attitudes, on the other hand are in conjunction with behavior, a response. There are three components that make up an attitude. They are cognition, emotion and behavior. Of course this is why everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Although attitudes and values do differ such as, a value would consist of a specific belief. Where as an attitude is made up of several beliefs surrounding that

That both cultures and religions should well be spoken of and practiced in the house hold as well. In that the baptizing of a child is a blessing, not an automatic crowing of a religion being handed to them. Nevertheless when two people from different backgrounds don’t share the same beliefs it can sometimes cloud your judgment. Fighting for my value is part of who I am and own up to be as a person. Something that can’t necessarily be changed overnight, yet my attitude is one that can be one dimensional and should be subject to change. The theory of values and attitudes relates back to my reality for many reasons. For one, when Rokeach suggests that we should change or questions our values at one point. I agree because most of our values are taught to us growing up. It becomes part of us and what we know. Even though it can be gained its more so handed to us. As I pointed out earlier like religion, that is taught to us. We are taught about believing in one God or in some cases many. Yet as we get old that can be subjected to change. It’s not a value we instilled in ourselves, we were taught to believe this but it wasn’t on our