How to Get Product Attribute Value in Magento?

In order to get product attribute value in Magento one needs to follow the below given code for getting desired value in the specific category. This method can be applied without loading the whole product.

$attribute_option_id = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product')->
getAttributeRawValue($productId, 'my_attribute', $storeId);
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')
    ->setStoreId($storeId)
    ->setData('my_attribute', $attribute_option_id);

$text = $product->getAttributeText('my_attribute');