affective attitude

BCIO:050326

Curation status

Published

Created

12 May '23

Modified

4 Feb '25

Parents

Definition

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

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Comment

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

Examples

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

Fuzzy set

Curator note

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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