Aptitude Interest
Attitude
Attitude, Aptitude and
Interest
Suresh Babu G
Assistant Professor
CTE CPAS Paippad, Kottaym
Attitude
The word attitude refers to an
individual's orientation toward
an item, person, concept,
institution, social process, or
situation, and is indicative of
his/her web of beliefs and
perceptions, based on either
direct experience or
observational learning.
Attitude is the belief that one
has towards people and
surroundings.
Attitudes are found as
The integration of experience
The differentiation of experience
Dramatic experience
The adoption of the available attitudes
Definition of Attitude
Travers : “An attitude is a readiness to
respond in such a way that behaviour is
given a certain direction”.
Mckeachie and Doyle : “We define an
attitude as an organization of concepts,
beliefs, habits and motives associated with
a particular object”
Nature or Characteristics of Attitude
Attitudes have a subject-object
relationship.
Attitudes are learned.
Attitudes are relatively enduring states of
readiness.
Attitudes have motivational-affective
characteristics.
Attitude are numerous and varied as the
stimuli to which they refer.
Attitude range from strongly
positive to strongly negative.
Types of Attitude
POSITIVE ATTITUDE :- Positive mental attitude
is a psychological term which describes a
mental phenomenon in which the central idea is
that one can increase achievement through
optimistic thought processes. It includes
Confidence, Happiness, Determination etc,
NEGATIVE ATTITUDE :-A negative attitude is
characterized by a great disdain for everything.
Someone who constantly points out the
negative in everything. It consist of Anger,
Doubt, Frustration, etc.
NEUTRAL ATTITUDE:
This type of people’s mindset is a neutral one.
There is no doubt. Neither is there any kind of
hope. The people generally tend to ignore the
problems in life. They wait for some other
individual to take care of their problems. They
generally have a lazy life and they are often
unemotional.
SIKKEN ATTITUDE: One of the most dangerous
types of attitude and different is the sikken
attitude. The sikken attitude has the calibre to
destroy every image that comes in connection
with a positive image. This type of attitude is
more of a negative attitude and is very
destructive. It often reflects the mind’s negativity.
Aptitude
The word aptitude is derived from the
word ‘aptos’ which means fitted for.
Aptitude is the aptness or quickness to
succeed in a specific field of activity.
It is a present condition that is indicative
of an individual’s potentialities for the
future.
Capacity
+
Interest
= Aptitude I am apt for
drawing
Definition of Aptitude
According to Warren, aptitude is a set of
characteristics symptomatic of an
individual’s ability to acquire with training.
Some specified knowledge, skill or set of
response.
Hahn and Macheam consider aptitude as
latent potentialities underdeveloped
capacities to acquire abilities and skills
and to demonstrate achievement.
Nature or Characteristics of
Aptitude
It is an abstract phenomenon and integrative
part of personality.
It is present condition but with a forward
reference.
It is fairly stable but not perfectly constant.
Aptitude is a contribution of both heredity
and environment.
Aptitude implies the prediction about the
individual’s future performance.
I can
Individual differences can be
seen in aptitudes.
Interest
• Interest is a feeling or
emotion that causes
attention to focus on an
object, event, or process.
• Interest is a tendency to
seek out an activity or a
object and to become
absorbed in it.
Definition of Interest
• According to William James, interest is a
“selective awareness or attention that
produces meaning out of mass of one’s
experience”.
• According to Berdie, interests are “factors
that attract an individual to or expel him
from objects, persons and activities”
Nature or Characteristics of
Interest
Are very much linked with our wants movies,
drives and basic needs.
Interest is a great motivating force that
persuades an individual to engage in a cognitive,
conative or affective behaviour.
Interest and attention are closely
related to each other.
Interests are innate as
well as acquired dispositions.
Pursuit of one’s interest is always satisfying. It
helps an individual to realize the goals and aims
set by him
Interest helps in overcoming unusual or early
arrival or frequent repetition of plateaus in
Factors affecting
Interest
Interest
Personal
Factors
Environmenta
l Factors
Methods for Improving
Interest in Learning
Setting the proper aims and objectives.
Proper selection and organization of
learning experiences.
Use of appropriate methods and teaching
aids.
Exploitation of various instincts of
children.
Make proper use of sentiments and ideals.
Arranging proper learning situations or
environment.
Difference Between Attitude and
Aptitude
Attitude Aptitude
1. It indicates one’s 1. It indicates one’s
preconceived notions fitness and ability for a
and feels about a particular activity.
specific topic
2. It represents one’s
2. Attitude represents the
potentialities to
state of readiness to
respond to a certain
respond to a certain
stimulus. stimulus.
3. It involves the 3. It does not involve the
organization of organization of
concepts, beliefs, habits concepts, beliefs,
and motives habits and motives
Difference Between Attitude and
Aptitude
Attitude Aptitude
4. It have definite motivational 4. It does not have any definite
effective characteristics. motivational effective
5. As a pattern of behaviour, characteristics.
attitude are less stable than 5. As a pattern of behaviour,
aptitudes. aptitudes are more stable
6. It is learnt or adopted and has than attitude.
no innate basis 6. It always has an innate basis
7. It may be either general or 7. It is always specific.
specific. 8. It never reverse completely
8. Attitude may reverse with in the life span of an
completely. individual.
9. Are susceptible to change. 9. It once established, seldom
10. Now attitudes may be found change.
even during old age. 10. Are found only up to puberty.
Difference Between Interest and
Aptitude
Interest Aptitude
1. It is related to the needs 1. It is not related to the
and motives of the needs and motives of
individual. the individual.
2. Interests may be either 2. It is always intrinsic in
intrinsic or extrinsic in its nature.
nature
3. It does not undergoes
3. The pattern of interest
vast change with age.
undergoes a vast change
with age. 4. It is not directed and
controlled by instinctive
4. Instinctive needs often
direct and control needs
interests
Difference Between Interest and
Aptitude
Interest Aptitude
5. It evokes attention. 5 . Does not evokes attention.
6. It is not permanent. It may
6. It is more or less permanent. It
change completely in the
course of development. seldom changes completely.
7. It cannot be improved with 7. It can be improved with
training. training.
8. It is directly related to the 8. Is not directly related to the
emotions, sentiments and emotions, sentiments and
desires. desires.
9. The individual persists over 9. The individual need not always
the interest activity for the
persists over the activity in
long time.
which he has aptitude.
10. As a determiner of
personality, interests are 10. As a determiner of
mostly acquired personality, interests are
mostly innate
Good Attitude
Good Aptitude
Good Interest
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