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  2. Metadiscourse - Wikipedia

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    Attitude Marker Example Sentence Unfortunately The prognosis was, unfortunately, very poor for each of the research patients. Agree After conducting two separate studies, both the neuroscientists and psychiatrists agree on the diagnosis.

  3. Attitude (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The term attitude with the psychological meaning of an internal state of preparedness for action was not used until the 19th century. [3]: 2 The American Psychological Association (APA) defines attitude as "a relatively enduring and general evaluation of an object, person, group, issue, or concept on a dimension ranging from negative to positive.

  4. Implicit attitude - Wikipedia

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    Earlier research findings on implicit attitudes show that socialization [4] and reflections of past experiences [2] may be responsible for the development or manifestation of longer lasting implicit attitudes. As an example, a 2004 study found that individuals who were primarily raised by their mothers showed a more positive implicit attitude ...

  5. Emotivism - Wikipedia

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    [47] For example, in the sentence "Slavery was good in Ancient Rome", Stevenson thinks one is speaking of past attitudes in an "almost purely descriptive" sense. [47] And in some discussions of current attitudes, "agreement in attitude can be taken for granted," so a judgment like "He was wrong to kill them" might describe one's attitudes yet ...

  6. Propositional attitude - Wikipedia

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    A propositional attitude is a mental state held by an agent or organism toward a proposition. In philosophy , propositional attitudes can be considered to be neurally-realized causally efficacious content-bearing internal states (personal principles/values). [ 1 ]

  7. Functional attitude theory - Wikipedia

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    An example of a product with social-adjustive function would be a designer T-shirt, such as one with an embroidered horse or a couture-brand logo that communicates its worth to viewers. Attitudes serving a social-adjustive function promote the capability to connect with appropriate social group members or to impress attractive others.

  8. Ambivalence - Wikipedia

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    Strong attitudes, on the other hand, are less likely to be manipulated because they are essentially "anchored in knowledge structures". [1] Armitage and Conner conducted a study regarding attitudes toward eating a low-fat diet. [1] Attitudes of a high ambivalence group and a low ambivalence group were recorded two times within five months.

  9. Attitude - Wikipedia

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    Attitude (art), the posture or gesture given to a figure by a painter or sculptor Attitude (ballet position), in which the dancer stands on one leg with the other leg raised and turned out