Uma Haritha NAIR 3 · CSE 2022 · 170 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Attitude refers to pre learned predisposition to act in a certain manner with respect to an object.
Body · points and prose
Thus our attitude towards situations or objects has great influence on our behaviour.
for eg: positve attitude to gender equality → Likely to speak up agadenst gender descrimination at one's work place.
On the other hand, since attitude is a learned or acquired predisposition, it can be modified by targeting behaviour.
for eg: penalising behaviour of coming late to office → employees more likely to come on time ↓ Eventually they may develop positive attitude towards discipline
However, extenal environment
extenal environment ↓ [Attitude] ↔ [Behaviour]
in some cases, extenal environment may prevent changes in one resulting in changes in other.
For eg:
Developed positive attitude towards gender equality → (extenal env: work culture is strongly discriminative) → unlikely to display changed behaviour in fear of being left out or penalised etc.
Close · a summary
Thus although closely interwoven, other aspect such as extenal environment must be considered while targeting behaviour changes.