Correct Answer - Option 3 : I, II and IV
Attitude makes a considerable difference in the life of almost everybody and our success and failure depend on our attitudes towards our work and abilities. Attitude denotes adjustment of individuals towards some selected person, group or institution. To form an attitude toward some aspect of the environment the individual shows readiness to respond. Thus, the attitude results in a state of preparedness or a state of readiness to respond in a particular manner under particular circumstances. Freeman defined it as “a dispositional readiness to respond to certain situations, persons, objects or ideas in a consistent manner, which has been learnt and has become one’s typical mode of response.” Attitudes are not observable; they can only be inferred by overt behaviour. Components are reflected in behaviour. Behaviour has three components, that is the cognitive component or element that consists of knowledge and beliefs.
- Our attitude depends on knowledge, which is logical and rational.
- The second component of attitude is the feeling element. Attitude always arouses one's feelings and emotions. Emotions such as liking some people and hating some people are based on our feelings. Feelings that unite and integrate are termed positive and those that divide and disintegrate are termed negative. Knowledge and feelings urge an individual to act.
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Behaviour or act is the third component of attitude. This enables others to infer the feelings and understanding of others.
Hence, we conclude that all the above points are components of attitude.