Values & Attitudes

Choose the BEST answer with respect to “attitude”

• a)Attitude means a “settled way of thinking” about a matter

• b)Your attitude is your “settled and fixed position” on a matter

• c)Your attitude means your mind-set, your view or your position on a matter or an issue

• d)Your attitude refers to your firm belief or philosophy that guides your view and decision about a matter

Identify the BEST answer:

• a)“Mind-set” is the attitude of the individual on a particular matter

• b)Mind-set is a fixed mental attitude or disposition that determines a person’s response to a situation

• c)Mind-set is a person’s way of thinking and their opinion

• d)Mind-set is the mental attitude or inclination of someone or a person’s fixed state of mind

• e)All the above statements are about correct

Choose the BEST answer.  When someone says that you have the “wrong attitude”, it means that:

• a)The view that you hold about a matter is wrong

• b)The position you take on an issue is wrong

• c)Your way of thinking and the position you hold on a matter is wrong

• d)Your belief and your personal philosophy that guide your decision on a matter are wrong

• e)All the above are about true

Choose the BEST answer.  “Jamaica’s social and economic problems can be ultimately traced to the values and attitudes of its people” means that:

• a)Jamaicans do not have the right mind-set on critical issues compared to other nations.

• b)The views and positions that Jamaicans hold on critical matters contribute to the country’s social and economic problems.

• c)The values and attitudes of Jamaicans are holding back the development of the country.

• d)Jamaica’s poverty, crime and violence are due to values and attitudes that influence the choices of the people

• e)All the above statements are about correct.

Choose the BEST answer.

• a)It is good to have an open mind about things and benefit from new and better information

• b)An open and a learning mind will change for the better over time

• c)It is not good to have a closed mind on things of which you are not sure

• d)You must not let a friend with wrong values and attitudes influence you; you must help the person with your improved knowledge

• e)All the above are correct.

Choose the BEST answer.

• a)If you change a person’s mind-set or attitudes on several critical issues, you essentially have a different person even though the person may look the same way physically

• b)A person’s core values and attitudes are the person’s most important assets, if they are good or the person’s most important liabilities, if they are bad.

• c)A person’s mind-set is influenced largely by his or her close associates whom the person trusts

• d)If you want to have good attitudes and a good mind-set, then you must associate with people with good mind-set and attitudes

• e)All the above statements are correct

Choose the BEST statement.

• a)We are “brainwashed” daily by popular music, radio talk show hosts, the mass media, etc.

• b)“Brainwashing” children in good core values and attitudes is a good thing

• c)Diehard political supporters “brainwash” themselves in the virtues of their party and so lose political objectivity

• d)All the above are correct

Choose the statement with which you disagree.

• a)Your attitudes tends to mirror that of your friends and close associates

• b)An effective method of getting children to develop the right attitudes is to let them recite good adages

• c)Good parents allow their children the freedom and flexibility to form their attitudes as they see fit

• d)Parents should draw on their superior knowledge and experience and help to shape the attitudes of their children

Choose the Best answer:

• a)Attitudes >Values>Environment > Habits >Happiness

• b)Genes & Environment > Values and Attitudes >  Behaviour > Habits

• c)Happiness > Behaviour > Values & Attitudes > Quality of Life

• d)Destiny > Mind-set > Genes > Values > Environment

Attitude is a settled

• a). view

• b). belief

• c). opinion

• d). philosophy

• e). All of the Above