Onion Model

Onion Model

The Onion model states that each layer of onion is a function of the layer beneath it i.e. value is a function of self concept, beliefs is a function of values and so on. According to this model, a person's overt behavior, which represents a person's visible behavioral traits are a result of his drives. These drives explain the reason for a particular behavior of a person and could be either rational (logical) or emotional. These drives are forms as a result of a person's perception. Perceptions basically define how people look at various situations and scenarios and interpret them. These perceptions in turn are affected by a person's attitude. Attitudes represent an individual's degree of like or dislike for something. Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person, place, thing or event which a person develops as a result of his beliefs. Beliefs are the relationships that people assume to exist between two things or one thing and a characteristic of it. A person's belief is formed because of the values that a person holds. Values are assumptions about what is and what ought to be that expresses preference in a positive or a negative way. Self concept are a person's psychographs about himself and are the basis for formation of a person's values.

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