Attitude:Meaning and matters
Attitude is the most common term you must have come across.Of course,It must have been a thought, , what it is actually? Man, psychologically is a sum total of cognitive,affective and behavioral aspects.These aspects makes him evaluate some matters based on past experiences, feel in a particular manner and respond accordingly.Attitudes are subset to this psychology.These are predispositions,positive or negative that make him react in a favorable or unfavorable manner to a particular event or happening . Meaning of Attitudes?? An Attitude refers to a set of emotions beliefs and behaviors towards a particular object,person thing or event..These are learned tendencies to evaluate things in a certain way.Such evaluations can be positive or negative.At times, uncertain.They develop in the course of time as a person grows up as a result of:- (a) Experiences (b) Learning(classical conditioning) (c) Conditioning(behavior of oth