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attitudes shape behaviour imperfectly and are distinguished from opinions, moods, traits and the specific evaluative stances such as credence or hostility that they may include.","purpose":"Let an agent explain attitudes as a psychological concept, describe their structure, formation, measurement and change with research attributed, support survey and communication questions, and separate attitude from related concepts.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Object-directed","Evaluative","Measurable","Changeable"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What an attitude is.","layers":[{"id":"concept","name":"Concept","description":"Concept and structure.","findings":[{"id":"concept-finding","name":"Concept","description":"Concept.","questions":[{"text":"What is an attitude, and how do cognitive, affective and behavioural components relate?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the psychological or everyday sense meant?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"related","name":"Related","description":"Related concepts.","findings":[{"id":"related-finding","name":"Related","description":"Related.","questions":[{"text":"How do attitudes differ from opinions, beliefs, moods, values and traits?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits a related concept?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"measure","name":"Measure","description":"Measurement.","layers":[{"id":"scales","name":"Scales","description":"Attitude scales.","findings":[{"id":"scales-finding","name":"Scales","description":"Scales.","questions":[{"text":"How are attitudes measured with scales and implicit measures, and how reliable are they?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which entry fits survey methodology?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"design","name":"Design","description":"Designing a survey.","findings":[{"id":"design-finding","name":"Design","description":"Design.","questions":[{"text":"How can attitude questions be written without bias for this survey?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which entry fits questionnaire design?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"change","name":"Change","description":"Formation and change.","layers":[{"id":"formation","name":"Formation","description":"Formation.","findings":[{"id":"formation-finding","name":"Formation","description":"Formation.","questions":[{"text":"How do attitudes form through experience, socialisation and influence, according to research?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which findings are contested?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"persuasion","name":"Persuasion","description":"Persuasion and behaviour.","findings":[{"id":"persuasion-finding","name":"Persuasion","description":"Persuasion.","questions":[{"text":"How do persuasion and attitude change work, and how well do attitudes predict behaviour?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"learn","name":"Learn","description":"History and teaching.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did attitude research develop in social psychology?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How can attitudes be taught in psychology?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which misconceptions arise?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain what attitudes are, how they are measured and how they change, citing research.","Report anonymised attitude survey results with their sample and method."],"mustNot":["Infer a named person's attitudes toward a group from indirect data and act on that inference.","Use knowledge of attitude change to manipulate people covertly, such as in deceptive persuasion campaigns.","Label a person as prejudiced from a single test result presented as definitive.","Report survey results without saying who was asked and how."],"requiresHuman":["Using measured attitudes in decisions about hiring, admission or security clearance."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Attitude research can be used to persuade and to manipulate; the line matters.","Labelling people by their supposed attitudes can stigmatise them unfairly."],"affectedParties":["Survey respondents","People targeted by persuasion","Groups that attitudes are about"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the concept; researchers answer for their measures and data.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-00023451-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"cognition","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"desire","type":"related","note":"a motivational state"},{"target":"taboo","type":"related","note":"a social norm sometimes listed with attitudes"},{"target":"skepticism","type":"related","note":"an epistemic attitude"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.attitude","Open English WordNet: oewn-06202938-n"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Evaluative disposition toward an object","Beliefs, feelings, values, action tendencies","Opinion is expressed judgment; mood is diffuse; personality trait is stable across objects","Not physical; a mental state."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept","describe formation and change","support measurement questions","separate related concepts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Assuming attitudes predict behaviour directly","Biased survey wording","Confusing attitude with opinion or mood"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Psychometric standards for attitude scales","Research ethics for surveys","No regulation of the concept"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Evaluative mental states.","explicit and implicit attitudes","attitudes toward people and groups","political and social attitudes","consumer attitudes","attitudes in everyday speech such as a positive attitude"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-06202938-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-06202938-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: attitude","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attitude","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should implicit attitudes be a separate entry?","How should measurement instruments be linked?","How should research literature be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-attitude/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-attitude/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T05:02:39Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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