Title: Personal beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviour | IAA
Headings: Personal beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviour
Personal beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviour
What is a belief?
What is a personal value?
What is an attitude?
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Content: Each person evaluates and seeks sound reasons or evidence for these potential beliefs in their own way. Once a person accepts a belief as a truth they are willing to defend, it can be said to form part of their belief system. What is a personal value? Values are stable long-lasting beliefs about what is important to a person. They become standards by which people order their lives and make their choices. A belief will develop into a value when the person’s commitment to it grows and they see it as being important. It is possible to categorise beliefs into different types of values – examples include values that relate to happiness, wealth, career success or family. A person must be able to articulate their values in order to make clear, rational, responsible and consistent decisions. What is an attitude? Attitudes are the mental dispositions people have towards others and the current circumstances before making decisions that result in behaviour.