ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR

& COMPARISON BETWEEN

ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR: By: Henna Zahra
 DEFINITION OF ATTITUDE:
To put simply, attitude is a person’s mental
outlook, which defines the way we think or feel
anything. It is a hypothetical construct, i.e.
whose direct observation is not possible. It is a
predisposition to respond in a settled way to a
person, event, opinion, object, etc., which is
reflected in our body language. It has a strong
impact on our decisions, actions, stimuli, etc.
Education, experience, and environment are
the major factors that affect a person’s
DEFINITION OF BEHAVIOR:
The term ‘behavior’ can be described as the way
of conducting oneself. It is the manner of acting or
controlling oneself towards other people. It is the
range of actions, responses, and mannerisms set
by an individual, system or organization in
association with themselves or their environment,
in any circumstances.
In short, behavior is an individual or group reaction
to inputs such as an action, environment or
stimulus which can be internal or external,
voluntary or involuntary, conscious or
 KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATTITUDE AND
BEHAVIOR:
The difference between attitude and behavior can
be drawn clearly on the following grounds:
1. Attitude and behavior are closely related in
some sense though they are two different
concepts. One of the most important differences
between behavior and attitude is that attitude is
internal whereas behavior is external in sense. In
other words it can be said that behavior can very
well be seen by others as it is external whereas
attitude is shelled within the mind of the individual
and hence cannot be seen by others immediately.
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2. Attitude is defined as a person’s mental
tendency, which is responsible for the way he
thinks or feels for someone or something.
Behavior implies the actions, moves, conduct
or functions or an individual or group towards
other persons.
3. A person’s attitude is mainly based on the
experiences gained by him during the course
of his life and observations. On the other
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4. Attitude is a person’s inner thoughts and
feelings. As opposed to, behavior expresses a
person’s attitude.
5.  Attitude is defined by the way we perceive
things whereas behavior is ruled by social norms.
6. Attitude is a human trait but behavior is an
inborn attribute.
7. The response of an individual or a system to the
environmental pulls is what is called behavior.
Attitude is also a kind of response in the sense that
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8. Experts say that that attitude is what you think
whereas behavior is what you do. In other words it
can be said that attitude has to do with the mind
whereas behavior has a lot to do with actions.
9. Attitude is thought-oriented whereas behavior is
action-oriented. Hence attitude has all the power to
shape the behavior of a person. It is indeed true that
a person with the right attitude would be endowed
with the right behavior too.
10. Attitude is all about the opinion somebody has
about something in life. Behavior is about how one