Quelques définitions de l’attitude
juillet 11th, 2005 by delphineAllport G.W. (1935) : An attitude is a mental and neural state of readiness, organized through experience, exerting a directive or dynamic influence upon the individual’s response to all objects and situations with which it is related
Smith M.B. , Bruner J.S. , & White R.W. (1956) : … an attitude is a predisposition to experience, to be motivated by, and to act toward, a class of objects in a predictable manner
Osgood C.E., Suci G.J., &Tannenbaum P.H. (1957) : [Attitudes] are predispositions to respond, but are distinguished from other such states of readiness in that they predispose toward an evaluative response
Sarnoff I. (1960) : [An attitude is] a disposition to react favorably or unfavorably to a class of objects
Krech D., Crutchfield R.S. , & Ballachey E.L. (1962) :.. . . attitudes [are] enduring systems of positive or negative evaluations, emotional feelings, and pro or cori action tendencies with respect to social objects
Thurstone L. L. (1931) : Attitude is the affect for or against a psychological object
Doob (1947) : Attitude is … an implicit, drive-producing response considered socially significant in the individual’s society
Allport, G. W. (1935), Attitudes, A Handbook of Social Psychology. Ed. Carl A. Murchison. Worcester, MA: Clark Univeristy Press, pp. 798-844
Smith, M. B., Bruner, J. S., & White, R. W. (1956), Opinions and personality, New York : John Wiley
Osgood, C.E., Suci, G.J., & Tannenbaum, P.H. (1957),The measurement of meaning, Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Sarnoff, Irving (1960), Psychoanalytic Theory and Social Attitudes, Public Opinion Quarterly, 24, pp. 251-279
Krech D, Crutchfield RS, Ballachey EL (1962), Individual in Society, New York: McGraw-Hill
Thurstone, L.L. (1931), Measurement of social attitudes, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 26, pp.249-269
Doob, L.W. (1947), The behavior of attitudes, Psychological Review, 51, pp. 135-156



