Attitude (psychology)
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| - | '''Attitude''' is an emotion that all people get when they have other emotions. Attitudes are positive, negative or neutral views of an "attitude object": i.e. a [[person]], behaviour or event. People can also be "ambivalent" towards a target, meaning that they simultaneously possess a positive and a negative bias towards the attitude in question. | + | An '''attitude''' is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a person, place, thing, or event (the '''attitude object'''). Prominent psychologist [[Gordon Allport]] once described attitudes "the most distinctive and indispensable |
| + | concept in contemporary [[social psychology]].". Attitude can be formed from a person's past and present. Attitude is also measurable and changeable as well as influencing the person's emotion and behavior. | ||
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| + | In lay language, attitude may refer to the distinct concept of [[Mood (psychology)|mood]], or be especially synonymous with [[teenage rebellion]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[Cognitive dissonance]] | ||
| + | * [[Elaboration likelihood model]] | ||
| + | * [[Propositional attitude]] | ||
| + | * [[Social psychology]] | ||
| + | * [[Theory of reasoned action]] | ||
| + | * [[Theory of planned behaviour]] | ||
| + | * [[Expectancy-value theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Attitude polarization]] | ||
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| - | Attitudes come from judgments. Attitudes develop on the '''ABC''' model (affect, behavioral change and [[cognition]]). The ''affective'' response is a [[Physiology|physiological]] response that expresses an individual's preference for an entity. The ''behavioral intention'' is a verbal indication of the intention of an individual. The ''cognitive'' response is a cognitive evaluation of the entity to form an attitude. Most attitudes in individuals are a result of ''[[observational learning]]'' from their environment. | ||
| - | The link between attitude and behavior exists but depends on human behavior, some of which is irrational. For example, a person who is for blood transfusion may not donate blood. This makes sense if the person does not like the sight of blood, which explains this irrationality. | ||
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An attitude is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a person, place, thing, or event (the attitude object). Prominent psychologist Gordon Allport once described attitudes "the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary social psychology.". Attitude can be formed from a person's past and present. Attitude is also measurable and changeable as well as influencing the person's emotion and behavior.
In lay language, attitude may refer to the distinct concept of mood, or be especially synonymous with teenage rebellion.
See also
- Cognitive dissonance
- Elaboration likelihood model
- Propositional attitude
- Social psychology
- Theory of reasoned action
- Theory of planned behaviour
- Expectancy-value theory
- Attitude polarization
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