Attitude Type and Change

Attitude Type and Change

1. Attitude: Types and Change Dr Neeta Gupta Practitioner Of CBT,REBT & EFT Associate Professor DAV (PG) College Dehradun

2. It is very important to know about different types of attitudes because of their importance in our life. Attitudes are primarily our response to   people, places, things, or events in life. It can be referred to as a person's viewpoint, mindset, beliefs, etc. Our attitude towards people, places, things, or situations determines the choices that we make.

3. Types of Attitude: Attitudes are classified into four types Positive Attitude Negative Attitude Neutral Attitude Sikken Attitude

4. Positive Attitude : The Persons, who will be possessing positive behavior , will explore good things in others and will not go after negativity. This type of attitude is comprised of the following things; 1- The people with positive attitude move forward with confidence and optimism. 2—They remain happy and cheerful. 3—Their dealings with others is comprised of Sincerity. 4—They are blessed with sense of responsibility

5. 5—They remain flexible in their approach. 6—They remain determined in their tasks. 7—Tolerance is another hallmark of their personality. 8—They are very modest and keep themselves in low profile, even though they are not low profiled.

6. Negative Attitude Such type of persons will always be searching weaker elements of others personality and are not inclined towards positive elements. Their focus remain on bad people and avoids good People.. Also, they are likely to complain about changes, rather than adapting to the changing environment. Also, they might blame their failure on others.

7.    Such type of persons are always prone to extreme degree of anger and carry the sentiments of hatred for others.. They feel others inferior and hence are suffering a self styled superiority complex.     

8. Neutral Attitude Such types of persons are very balanced in their approach. They remain indifferent to problems and wait for others intervention regarding resolutions. Such type of persons remains self satisfied Their attitude is composed of indifference and detachment. An other striking element of their attitude is serene and unemotional type of posture which makes them very balanced.

9. Sikken attitude This is most dangerous attitude because reflects the state of mind’s negativity and possess enough potential to destroy the image of every related thing coming in mind. Sometimes it is assumed somewhat synonymous to negative attitude but it is more destructive than the negative attitude . The person carrying this type of attitude cannot alter or amend ones opinion because of its penetration at the base level.

10. It must be noted that there is a very thin line between personality traits and attitude. While the former are more rigid and permanent, the latter may change with different situations and experiences in life. So, attitudes are learned and acquired. Also, attitude could be explicit or implicit. Attitude at an unconscious level that might be unknown to us, and is formed involuntarily is referred to as implicit attitude. On the other hand, explicit attitude refers to the attitude at a conscious level. Implicit attitude might be attributed to past experiences or influences.

11. It must be noted that one's behavior might not always reflect one's attitude. However, studies have suggested that people might change their behavior , if the inconsistencies between their beliefs and behavior are pointed out to them. In general, a positive attitude is most likely to have a good effect on one's behavior . Attitude. For that, one would need to change the way he/she thinks, feels, or behaves. However, changing the way one feels is not that easy. The affective component of attitude is powerful and difficult to control

12. Attitude Change: An attitude is a positive or negative evaluation towards an object. It expresses individual’s liking or disliking towards an object. Attitude towards an object can be changed from time to time. We come across many new experiences and informations which shape or change our existing attitude towards an object.

13. Attitude Change : It is defined as the process of alteration or modifications in the existing attitude towards an object. There are two types of attitude changes: Incongruent Change Congruent Change

14. Incongruent Changes: It is a type of attitude change wherein the attitude changes in opposite direction to the existing attitude. For example a positive attitude becomes a negative attitude or vice versa. This can be depicted as under: Original Attitude : Negative Original Attitude : Positive Changed Attitude : Negative Changed Attitude : Positive

15. Congruent Change: It is a type of attitude change wherein the existing attitude changes in the same direction. The existing attitude is further strengthened towards the object e.g. A positive attitude becomes more positive and a negative attitude becomes more negative. This can be depicted as under: Original Attitude : Negative Original Attitude : Positive Increased Negativity Increased Positivity

16. R eferences: linkedin.com/pulse/types-attitudes- zafar - bilal - nadeem / https://www.studyandexam.com/attitude-change-types.html#:~:text=incongruent%20attitude%20change.-,Congruent%20Attitude%20Change,negative%20attitude%20becomes%20more%20negative . https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv% 3DExpBLKqS0v0&psig=AOvVaw1IcGedO-gGhsJWNGkHqQwy&ust=1606130467121000&source= images&cd = vfe&ved =0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIj8n8SElu0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpositiveattitude524.wordpress.com%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Ffirst-blog-post%2F&psig=AOvVaw1OqekXYRkObiO_lCgoNjel&ust=1606131344429000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIDwv9eHlu0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Flearningessentialsedu.com%2Fhow-to-break-the-negative-cant-do-mindset-elementary%2F&psig=AOvVaw1OqekXYRkObiO_lCgoNjel&ust=1606131344429000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIDwv9eHlu0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAR https://2uc5db1v032h5jwcm2gal07i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OvercomingChallengesWithaPositiveAttitude-1024x682.jpg https://changeulife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Negative-attitude-1.jpg https://img2.pngio.com/download-free-png-negative-attitude-png-pluspng-dlpngcom-negative-attitude-png-399_404.png https://fitisafeministissue.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_3795.jpeg?w=350&h=200&crop=1

17. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnlYqeDP0YfZ6MoYbSwNOA-iph3jqyp6ThMw&usqp=CAU https://files.123freevectors.com/wp-content/original/33922-neutral-face-emoji-vector-free.jpg Thank You