the theory that when our attitudes and feelings are uncertain or ambiguous, we infer these states by observing our behavior and the situation in which it occurs
Daryl Bem's theory that when we are unsure of our attitudes we infer them from our own behavior. (610)
The theory that we often infer our internal states, such as our attitudes, by observing our behavior.
The theory that when internal cues are difficult to interpret, people gain self-insight by observing their own behavior.
The theory that we know our own attitudes and feelings only indirectly, by observing our own behavior and then performing much the same processes of attribution that we employ when trying to understand others.
The theory that attitudes and beliefs are influenced by observations of one?s own behavior; sometimes we judge how we feel by observing how we act.
Self-perception theory is an account of attitude change developed by psychologist, Daryl Bem. It asserts that we develop our attitudes by observing our own behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.