Structure of the social installation

In 1942 M. Smith proposed his structure of social orientation:

Behavioral component (behavior in relation to the object).
Affective component (emotional assessment of the object).
Cognitive component (awareness of the object of attitudes).
These components intersect each other, so changing one entails changing the other two.

In 1934, psychologist Richard Lapierre conducted a study, resulting in the concept of "Lapier's Paradox". This is a phenomenon that occurs when a person does not behave in accordance with his social attitudes. Read more about this in an article on Wikipedia.

However, a few years later J. Bohm challenged this phenomenon, expressing the opinion that not a social setting affects behavior, but quite the contrary - first the person behaves in a certain way and only then does the installation change. Perhaps we are dealing with classical cognitive dissonance. In order to avoid internal contradictions, a person tries to explain his new behavior by the fact that "I am just this."

Is it possible to change social settings?
This question can not be answered unambiguously, because it is still not clear how social attitudes are formed. As we wrote above, there are several theories in this regard: someone thinks that they are genetically formed, someone - that they are acquired.

If you proceed from the fact that you can learn everything, then, perhaps, the answer is yes, social settings can be changed. But in order to change oneself completely, we need to focus on the deep level - the level of values, moral and religious beliefs.

The kind of cake reminds someone of a bad birthday in childhood, and someone remembers how well spent time with the family. Over time, the opinions of these two people may change under the influence of future experience. Man also likes to imitate the behavior of others, even if he does not always admit it. Therefore, social attitudes are born and die constantly.

Full awareness and self-reflection are needed in order to change the destructive attitudes and replace them with productive ones. This process is quite long, so you need patience.

And the last. As often as possible, ask yourself three questions:

Why do I do this and not otherwise?
Why do I think this way, and not otherwise?
Why do I feel this way, and not otherwise?
Answers to these questions, reflections and self-reflection will help to identify the roots of many deep-seated settings and change them if necessary.