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attitude

vr.tr.attitude · XCT.QLT

Let an agent discuss attitudes as a psychological concept, including measurement and change, presenting research with attribution and avoiding manipulation.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent discuss attitudes as a psychological concept, including measurement and change, presenting research with attribution and avoiding manipulation.

A relatively stable evaluation of, or disposition toward, a person, object, idea or group, involving beliefs, feelings and behavioural tendencies, such as risk appetite, scorn or nonconformity; studied in social psychology.

What it is for: Understanding opinions, behaviour and communication.

It can be explain components of attitudes; describe how attitudes are measured; summarise research on attitude change; separate other senses of attitude.

Distinguishing features

Evaluative disposition

Cognitive, emotional and behavioural parts

Can change

Measured by surveys and experiments

What it looks like

Not physical; expressed in opinions, choices and behaviour.

How it is recognised

Positive or negative evaluations

Survey scales such as Likert items

Aircraft attitude is a different sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

disposition and opinion

is studied by - field

social psychology

influences - effect

behaviour

is confused with - another sense

attitude (orientation)

In practice

Families and kinds

explicit attitudes

implicit attitudes

attitudes toward risk

social and political attitudes

cultural value orientations

Standards and regulation

Research ethics for surveys

Market research codes of conduct

Failure modes and hazards

Overinterpreting implicit measures

Manipulative persuasion

Stereotyping groups by attitudes

Also called

anticonformismAnticonformityderisionscornrisk appetiteUncertainty avoidancerisk seekingvaccination attitudestudent attitudelanguage attitudework attitudebasic attitudelife stancesocial acceptabilityforgivingnessgrowth mindsetself-denialeconomic materialismattitude to healthattitude of health personneljob attitudejob satisfactionattitude to computerssocial risk positionssuspension of disbeliefreneism

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.attitude-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concept What it is.

Components matter.

Components

Parts.

Components

Components.

  1. Which components of the attitude are involved here? definition
  2. How do they relate to behaviour? provenance

Types

Explicit and implicit.

Types

Attitude types.

  1. Is an explicit or implicit attitude meant? definition
  2. How reliable are implicit measures? boundary
Measurement Surveys.

Measures need rigour.

Surveys

Scales.

Surveys

Survey measurement.

  1. How was the attitude measured, and with what sample? measurement
  2. Are the questions neutral? boundary

Data

Public attitudes.

Data

Public attitude data.

  1. What do reputable surveys show about public attitudes on this topic? provenance
  2. For which year and population? provenance
Change Persuasion.

Change must be ethical.

Research

Attitude change.

Research

Research on change.

  1. What does research say about how attitudes change? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? boundary

Ethics

Manipulation.

Ethics

Ethics of persuasion.

  1. Is a persuasion technique manipulative? boundary
  2. What rules apply to advertising or campaigns? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.

Attitude has other senses.

Orientation

Aircraft attitude.

Orientation

Orientation sense.

  1. Is the attitude of an aircraft or spacecraft meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Posture

Body posture.

Posture

Posture sense.

  1. Is a bodily posture meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should implicit attitudes be a separate entry?
  • How should survey methods be linked?
  • How should the orientation sense be split off?