Question

Sarah Mayer works as a security officer and is in charge of keeping track of who is in the office at any given time. She notices that some employees do not sign out of the office when they go out for meals, which makes it difficult to keep track of attendance of employees. Even though Mayer has repeatedly asked the employees to sign out, they have not followed her advice. She now decides to report the issue to her supervisor.

Which of the following components of an attitude is being demonstrated by Mayer?

A) cognitive
B) affective
C) behavioral
D) knowledge
E) positive

Answer 1

Answer:

Letter C is correct. Behavioral.

Explanation:

Attitudes in a workplace correspond to the way an individual will react to a particular situation. It may occur with other people's evaluation, problems and events, and may have a positive or negative character.

The behavioral component exemplified in the above question, is characterized as the intentions of an individual, are the tendencies of how an individual will behave towards an object in the short and long term.