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160 Examples of Attitudes

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An attitude describes an individual's state of mind with respect to a situation, person or thing. These are highly specific such as an employee's attitude towards a particular task. It is common for the same individual to adopt a completely different attitude depending on the context. For example, an employee who is friendly to one coworker and hostile to another. Attitudes are situational and shouldn't be confused with the character of an individual. Likewise, attitudes are intentional and shouldn't be confused with emotions that are more often involuntary states. The following are common examples of attitudes.
Accepting
Active
Aggressive
Agreeable
Aloof
Ambitious
Amenable
Animated
Anxious
Apathetic
Approachable
Assertive
Attentive
Authoritative
Averse
Bad
Biased
Bold
Brave
Buoyant
Callous
Calm
Candid
Carefree
Careful
Careless
Caring
Cautious
Cheerful
Cold
Commanding
Committed
Condescending
Confident
Conservative
Considerate
Contemptuous
Cooperative
Courageous
Courteous
Critical
Curious
Cynical
Daring
Dark
Decisive
Defeatist
Dejected
Dependent
Detached
Determined
Devoted
Diligent
Disagreeable
Disengaged
Disgruntled
Disgusted
Disinterested
Dismissive
Disrespectful
Distant
Distrustful
Emotional
Empathetic
Energetic
Engaged
Enterprising
Enthusiastic
Festive
Flexible
Forgiving
Fragile
Friendly
Giving
Gloomy
Glum
Good
Grounded
Hesitant
Hopeful
Hostile
Humble
Impartial
Impatient
Impolite
Inflexible
Inhospitable
Interested
Intolerant
Irresponsible
Joyous
Liberal
Lighthearted
Lively
Miserable
Motivated
Negative
Neutral
Objective
Obnoxious
Open
Opinionated
Optimistic
Outgoing
Overconfident
Passionate
Passive
Patient
Patronizing
Pessimistic
Pleasant
Polite
Poor
Positive
Practical
Professional
Rational
Realistic
Reasonable
Reliable
Reluctant
Remote
Resentful
Reserved
Resilient
Respectful
Responsible
Responsive
Selfish
Selfless
Serious
Sincere
Skeptical
Snobby
Somber
Strong
Stubborn
Sympathetic
Thoughtful
Timid
Tireless
Tolerant
Trusting
Unaffected
Unapproachable
Unassuming
Unbiased
Uncommunicative
Understanding
Unenthusiastic
Unfriendly
Unpretentious
Unprofessional
Unrealistic
Unwavering
Unwelcoming
Warm
Weak
Willing
Withdrawn

Positive Attitudes

Attitudes that are almost always perceived as positive.

Negative Attitudes

Attitudes that are perceived as negative including attitudes that are sometimes positive but can be negative depending on the situation.

Summary

Attitudes are intentionally adopted and situational. They give human behavior great depth by shaping thoughts and behavior based on context.
Overview: Attitudes
Type
Definition (1)
An individual's state of mind with respect to a situation, person, idea or thing.
Definition (2)
An individual's state of mind with respect to an entity.
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