The New Supervisor (Scenario)
Dawood is a new supervisor and has been assigned to supervise a group of manufacturing operatives. As he begins his job, he observes the employees under his supervision. These employees have been working for several years in this company. The attitude of each employee is different.
-Two of Dawood's subordinates do not like each other because of each other's religious affiliations. The attitudes of these employees are based on the ______component of their attitudes.
A) cognitive
B) affective
C) practices
D) behavioral

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The affective component of attitudes represents the emotional feelings and evaluations that individuals have towards an object, person or situation. In this scenario, the two employees' dislike for each other is rooted in their emotional feelings towards each other's religious affiliations, which falls under the category of affective component of attitudes.