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Definition of 'Attitude'

An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.

Common names: Attitude; Attitudes

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Measuring motivational characteristics of courses: applying Keller's instructional materials motivation survey to a web-based course.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: The Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS) purports to assess the motivational characteristics of instructional materials or courses using the Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction (ARCS) model of motivation. The IMMS ... Read more...


A survey of adolescent experiences of human papillomavirus vaccination in the Manchester study.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: There is little information on girls' experiences of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in the prevention of cervical cancer. We investigated the views of adolescent girls who had been offered the vaccine as part of a feasibility ... Read more...


Diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and perceptions of the environment in young adults.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Few studies have explored both food behaviour and physical activity in an environmental context. Most research in this area has focused on adults; the aim of the present study was to describe perceptions of the environment, diet, ... Read more...

 

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Definition: An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.

Descriptor UI: D001290

Alternative terms: Attitude; Attitudes;

Related Mesh Headings: Public Opinion; Set (Psychology); Intention;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology;

Tree Number: F01.100;

History Note: 65(64); was see under BEHAVIOR 1963-64

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