In psychology, an attitude refers to a set of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors toward a particular object, person, thing, or event. Attitudes are often the result of experience or upbringing, and they can have a powerful influence over behavior.

What are attitudes and behaviors?

Attitude is a feeling, belief, or opinion of approval or disapproval towards something. Behavior is an action or reaction that occurs in response to an event or internal stimuli (i.e., thought). Ideally, positive attitudes manifest well-adjusted behaviors. ...

What is attitude and behavior example?

Structure of Attitudes

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