This document discusses attitudes and factors that influence their formation. It defines attitudes as generally positive or negative views of people, places, things or events. Attitudes are learned rather than innate, and help motivate responses to stimuli. They develop through the integration and differentiation of experiences. Factors within individuals like physical and emotional development as well as environmental factors like family, school and social groups influence attitude formation. A positive attitude can help ensure positive days while a negative attitude hinders positivity.
This document discusses attitudes and factors that influence their formation. It defines attitudes as generally positive or negative views of people, places, things or events. Attitudes are learned rather than innate, and help motivate responses to stimuli. They develop through the integration and differentiation of experiences. Factors within individuals like physical and emotional development as well as environmental factors like family, school and social groups influence attitude formation. A positive attitude can help ensure positive days while a negative attitude hinders positivity.
This document discusses attitudes and factors that influence their formation. It defines attitudes as generally positive or negative views of people, places, things or events. Attitudes are learned rather than innate, and help motivate responses to stimuli. They develop through the integration and differentiation of experiences. Factors within individuals like physical and emotional development as well as environmental factors like family, school and social groups influence attitude formation. A positive attitude can help ensure positive days while a negative attitude hinders positivity.
This document discusses attitudes and factors that influence their formation. It defines attitudes as generally positive or negative views of people, places, things or events. Attitudes are learned rather than innate, and help motivate responses to stimuli. They develop through the integration and differentiation of experiences. Factors within individuals like physical and emotional development as well as environmental factors like family, school and social groups influence attitude formation. A positive attitude can help ensure positive days while a negative attitude hinders positivity.
The Iceberg phenomena is also applicable on human beings.
Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person, place, thing, or event this is often referred to as the attitude object. Nature of Attitude
Attitudes have a subject-object relationship. It is related to specific objects,
persons, groups, institutions, values etc. Attitude are learned. They are not inherent or innate in individual. It depend on the life training and circumstances. It is relatively enduring states of readiness. It helps us in making proper responses. It helps in motivation. It is different according to stimuli. It ranges from strongly positive to strongly negative. Development of Attitude
Attitudes are leant and acquired through the following sources.
1. Integration of experiences: acquired from different experiences of different people from different sources. Attitude of Hindus towards Muslims and vice versa. 2. Differentiation of experiences: when new experiences are acquired they are differentiated from the old acquired one and more specific attitude is formed. Factors Influencing Attitude Formation
Factors within the individual :
Physical growth and development: poor health, poor adjustment may develop poor attitudes. Emotional Development: Factors such as emotional maturity social adjustment, social approval etc. Social Development: Factors such as Social interaction may create antisocial attitudes. Cont…
Ethical and Moral Development:
God is one or many. Concept of values and ideals. Factors in the Environment: Home and Family: values and concepts in the family, attitude of the family members. Faulty upbringing of the child unhealthy family relationship. Social environment. School, teachers, classmates, teaching methods, curriculum and subjects etc. it also include religious groups, social clubs, mass media, celebrities, advertisements, newspaper etc. With a Bad attitude you can never have a positive day. With a Positive attitude you can never have a bad day.