What Is Attitude And Its Components?

Attitudes are evaluative statement favorable or unfavorable related to person, object or event. They reflect that how one feel about something. For example if someone says that I like my job. This statement expresses his attitude towards his job. Each and every person has different attitude at different conditions.

There are three components of attitude.

1: Cognitive component:

It refers that's part of attitude which is related in general know how of a person, for example, he says smoking is injurious to health. Such type of idea of a person is called cognitive component of attitude.

2: Effective component:

This part of attitude is related to the statement which affects another person. For example, in an organization a personal report is given to the general manager. In report he point out that the sale staff is not performing their due responsibilities. The general manager forwards a written notice to the marketing manager to negotiate with the sale staff.

3: Behavioral Component:

The behavioral component refers to that part of attitude which reflects the intension of a person in short run or in long run.
For example, before the production and launching process the product. Report is prepared by the production department which consists of there intention in near future and long run and this report is handed over to top management for the decision.

          Attitude is the state of mind with which you approach a task, a challenge, a person, love, life in general. Where do I – the individual XYZ stand – in the cosmos, universe, in my society?

          We take attitudes mostly unquestioned over from our parents, until puberty, when we start questioning them and replacing them with our own. Best example: don't ever see that girl again, she's a slut!  Don't mix with those boys, they spell trouble! Even if you adjust your parents' view while growing-up, attitude still has a lot to do with upbringing and self-esteem.

          If you have grown up in a loving and supporting family, your attitude to life in general will be positive and you will meet all people with respect, the support of your family also will make you overcome all difficulties of life with ease. Positive thinking (attitude) is a strong motivator. If the opposite happened,  may turn out to be a mean and jealous person, holding most people in low regard, not respecting laws of society  or government, your negative attitude will draw negative happenings to you.

          A very sad state, indeed. If your family failed, you can still turn to religion to discover why nobody likes you – because of your attitude. All religions offer some answer, and the rest you can figure out yourself!

          Leading a happy life has to do with attitude: where do I really stand – and where has my family put me to stand? Where and what is the place I should take and how much space is due to me – depending on my merits?

It is the way u handle ur life in every aspect whether good or bad

Example of attitude and its components

Contrast the components of attitude