We have very often heard people saying that Attitude is
how one shapes his or her life. Now what exactly is Attitude? Attitude is
basically how one assesses on factors like people, objects, issues or events.
They could either be positive or negative, that depends on how one views the
situation. Based on researches, it has been understood that there are several
components that makes up a persons attitude.
The components could be like for
example, an emotional component where based on your emotions is how a situation
or person is being valued. Another component is the cognitive component where
in it is based on your thoughts and believes of the subject. And the last
component is the behavioral component and this is one important component as it
influences our behaviour. Attitudes that influence or behaviors could also
include the explicit and implicit. Explicit attitude are those that e are
constantly aware and influence our thoughts and believes. The Implicit attitude
is something that is unconscious, but it could also influence your behavior.
Attitudes get formed from experience. They are formed
over the years either from observation or from experience. They can be learned
in a variety of ways. Even a simple advertisement could influence you and may
even have a change on your thoughts about a particular product. This kind of
attitude formation is known as classical conditioning. Another kind of
conditioning is the Operant Conditioning where the attitude develops from other
people¡¯s thinking. Sometimes people around us could make an impact on our
behavior and change ourselves. And finally attitudes could be developed by
observing people around us. A simple example of this kind of attitude
development is, kids trying to be what their parents are. This is just observation
and imitation, that develops into an attitude later.
Attitude
does influence ones behavior. Studies have shown that people behave according
to their attitude under certain conditions. Condition like when expecting a
favorable outcome, due to personal experience are some of the examples.
Attitudes could be changed. Attitudes do impact our behavior, but they are not
imposed on stone within us. They could be changed for betterment.
Attitudes
could be changed in two ways. Either they get motivated or they get influenced.
In both the ways they do think about the messages that they have observed and
this could mark a difference in their way of thinking.
Scenarios
in life could be made good or worse, based on ones attitude to the situation.
Even if you are in a very bad situation, and you hold a positive attitude, you
may come out, however even if you are in a moderate situation and you hold a
negative attitude, you could worsen the situation and create discomfort not
only for you, but for people around you.
In
short, Attitude is like magnet. Possessing good Attitude attracts all positives
in your life and Bad Attitude attracts all negatives in your life. It is you
who decides what you want and could change accordingly. After all, attitude matters!
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