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An attitude is a learned tendency (disposition) to evaluate, think, or feel about someone or something (issues, events, objects) in a certain way. It is typically reflected in our behavior.
An attitude "is a summary evaluation of an object of thought. An attitude object can be anything a person discriminates or holds in mind." Attitudes include beliefs (cognition), emotional responses (affect) and behavioral tendencies (intentions, motivations). In the classical definition an attitude is persistent, while in more contemporary conceptualizations, attitudes may vary depending upon situations, context, or moods.: 13
While different researchers have defined attitudes in various ways, and may use different terms for the same concepts or the same term for different concepts, two essential attitude functions emerge from empirical research. For individuals, attitudes are cognitive schema that provide a structure to organize complex or ambiguous information, guiding particular evaluations or behaviors. More abstractly, attitudes serve higher psychological needs: expressive or symbolic functions (affirming values), maintaining social identity, and regulating emotions. Attitudes influence behavior at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels.: 13–16 Attitudes are complex and are acquired through life experience and socialization. Key topics in the study of attitudes include attitude strength, attitude change, and attitude-behavior relationships. The decades-long interest in attitude research is due to the interest in pursuing individual and social goals, an example being the public health campaigns to reduce cigarette smoking.: 1–14
Credit: Wikipedia - Attitude_(psychology)Community and culture are often confused. They are not the same. Organizational culture is the attitudes, customs, rituals, values, and beliefs shared by the members of an organization that govern their behavior. Every organization has a culture, good or bad, no matter what, but that does not make it a community. Credit: David Gurteen Posts … Continue reading Community and Culture Are Not the Same David Gurteen
Introduction: Practicing Conversational Leadership Three Questions for Meaningful Conversations Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Many factors, including conversational skills and habits, shape our ability to practice Conversational Leadership effectively. However, the most impactful factor is our mindset. Mindsets Let’s begin by defining a few terms to establish some context. Changing mindsets I have … Continue reading Conversational Leadership Mindset Developing a Conversational Leadership mindset
Belief Systems What Are Mindsets? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter An attitude is a tendency to think or feel about someone or something in a certain way. Over time, we tend to form our attitudes from our underlying values and beliefs, but other factors, such as our cultural environment, also influence us. Researchers … Continue reading Attitudes A tendency to think, or feel about someone or something in a certain way
Attitudes Values Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Mindsets are our mental attitudes or approaches to a particular situation or task. They are shaped by our beliefs, values, and experiences and can impact our ability to adapt to change, solve problems, and achieve goals. What are mindsets? Mindsets are the collection of mental attitudes … Continue reading What Are Mindsets? Ways of thinking, mental inclinations, dispositions, or frames of mind
