Attitudes and how they form, past experience and significant others, inconsistency, prejudice and stereotyping, their effect on participation, self-fulfilling stereotypes and the media's influence.

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What are inconsistency and prejudice in attitudes?

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What is an attitude?

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How are attitudes formed?

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What is an attitude?
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An attitude is a learned, fairly stable view of an object, person or activity. Attitudes can be positive or negative.
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How are attitudes formed?
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Attitudes are formed through experience, socialisation and the influence of significant others. The media and culture also shape attitudes.
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How do past experiences shape attitudes to sport?
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Enjoyable, successful experiences create positive attitudes. Bad experiences, such as failure or embarrassment, create negative ones.
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How do significant others shape attitudes?
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Parents, teachers, coaches and friends pass on their views of sport. Children often copy the attitudes of people they admire.
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What is meant by an inconsistency in attitudes?
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An inconsistency is when a person's beliefs, feelings and actions do not match. Someone may believe exercise is healthy but never do it.
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What is prejudice in sport?
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Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a person or group formed without evidence. Prejudice is based on stereotypes rather than facts.

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