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: 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. People primarily form their attitudes from underlying values and beliefs. However, factors which may not have been internalised as beliefs and values can still influence a person’s attitudes at the point of decision-making. Typical influences include the desire to please, political correctness, convenience, peer pressure, and psychological stressors. Note
The potential for these influences to sway attitudes will be greater if the person has not clearly thought through their beliefs and values. This process includes considering the principles by which they might reconcile or prioritise competing values.