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Attitude

Attitude is a psychological construct that reflects how individuals evaluate entities with favor or disfavor. It comprises three components: affective, behavioral, and cognitive. The affective component pertains to emotions or feelings towards the attitude object, such as fear of spiders.

Attitude

Attitude

Attitude VS Behaviour

Behavior is an action or reaction that occurs in response to an event or internal stimuli (i.e., thought).
Atitude is a way of thinking,feeling, belief, or opinion of approval or disapproval towards something. 

Structure

Cognitive component
this involves a person’s belief / knowledge about an attitude object. For example: “I believe spiders are dangerous”.
Behavioral (or conative) component
the way the attitude we have influences how we act or behave. For example: “I will avoid spiders and scream if I see one”.
Affective component
this involves a person’s feelings / emotions about the attitude object. For example: “I am scared of spiders”.

Definition

"readiness of thepsyche to act or react in a certain way" - Jung
"a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor." - Eagly and Chaiken
"the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary social psychology." - Gordon Allport