affective attitude

ID
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BCIO:050326

Curation status
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Published
Created
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12 May '23

Modified
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4 Feb '25

Definition
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A <mental disposition> to experience a subjective affective feeling about something.

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Comment
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The entity (‘something’) that is the object of the attitude is usually referred to as the ‘attitude object’.

Examples
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"Attitudinal variables" in the Systems Model of Behaviour Change; "Emotional involvement" in the Model of Pro-Environmental Behavior

Fuzzy set
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No

Curator note
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The definition does not express the idea that the feeling is positive or negative because that is implied by the parent class.

BCIO lower level ontology
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