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Attitude — lesson overview
Components and formation
Attitude is an evaluative orientation towards a person, object or issue, often analysed through cognitive, affective and behavioural tendencies.
A belief concerns what someone takes to be true; a feeling concerns emotional response; an action tendency concerns likely conduct.
These components can conflict, so knowing an expressed attitude does not perfectly predict every action.
Social influences
Experience, family, peers, institutions and media can shape attitudes through learning and social influence.
Persuasion depends on message quality, credibility, motivation and context; repeating a claim does not establish its truth.
A stereotype is a generalised belief about a group and can feed prejudice or discrimination, though the concepts are distinct.
Public-service application
An official’s attitude towards a community can influence listening, discretion and implementation even when formal rules are the same.
Reflection and contact under appropriate conditions can challenge unsupported assumptions, while institutional safeguards reduce the harm from biased discretion.
Ethical evaluation asks whether treatment rests on relevant evidence and equal dignity rather than personal likes or group labels.