Mental positions, feelings, or opinions toward people, things, or situations that influence behavior.
From Italian 'attitudine' (fitness, posture), from Latin 'aptitudo' (fitness, adaptation). Originally referred to physical posture in art; psychological meaning of mental disposition developed in 19th-century psychology.
Psychologists have discovered that attitudes have three components: cognitive (what you think), affective (what you feel), and behavioral (what you do) - and these three don't always align, creating the fascinating phenomenon of cognitive dissonance when they conflict!
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