### attitude:

Perspective
* are general schools of thought, starting out with basic assumptions about human nature.
* comes with the passage of time.
* creates an illusion of depth or space on a two dimensional surface.
* curious measure or analysis, as it ages with the individual.
* exists within the eye and experience of the beholder.
* is an orientation
  - appearances
  - important because perspective determines conclusions
  - points of view
  - what defines the interest level of a sport or an event
* modifies the positions of points to give a three-dimensional effect.
* operates in time as well as space.
* personal choice based on experience.
* plays a huge role in personal satisfaction and sense of well being
  - one of the most important roles in the quality of our life
* recognizes intentions.
* refers to the angle or approach from which authors engage their subjects.
* relates to issues.
* science that studies optical changes of forms, sizes and objects in nature.
* supports techniques.
* technique for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface.

### attitude | perspective:

Cognitive perspective
* All cognitive perspectives focus on mental behaviors.
* use computer modeling, as does mathematics.

Political attitude
* can change dramatically - as toward racial integration of public schools.
* change very little over time.

Public attitude
* are an important indicator of the extent of European integration
  - what really ultimately controls conduct
* move in cycles.
* reflect decreasing acceptance of tobacco use as a social norm.

Social attitude
* can make laws difficult to enforce.
* make disability a handicap.

Tendency
* Tendencies are direction
  - dispositions
  - lead to behaviour
* is attitude

### attitude | tendency:

Basophilia
* can occur during inflammatory conditions and chronic infection.
* is an uncommon cause of leukocytosis.
* sometimes occurs concurrent with eosinophilia.

Bias
* affects general perceptions
  - individuals
* alters demographies.
* are especially important in understanding astronomical data
  - simply opinions about a generalized subject based off of a limited amount of information
* is opinion
  - partisanship

### attitude | tendency | bias:

Cognitive bias
* are mental errors caused by our simplified information processing strategies.
* are often because of evolution
  - A 'cognitive bias' happens when someone makes a bad choice that they think good choice. They are an important part of the study of cognitive psychology. Cognitive biases are often because of evolution. Some behaviors were good for primitive humans and animals that seem foolish today. The scientific method limits the results of cognitive bias

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Gender bias
* exacts an enormous toll on women's lives, health and potential.
* exists in many forms, some easier to overcome than others.
* favors boys over girls in ads.
* feeds male power struggles and leads to their own miseducation.
* is alive and well in entertainment media
  - basically a form of sexual harassment
  - embedded in the legal system
  - reinforced throughout adulthood as men retain economic and political power
  - the separation of gender in a way which prefers one sex over the other
* keeps many girls from ever seeing the inside of a school.
* limits people and is wrong.
* means holding stereotyped opinions about people according to their gender.
* significant problem in today's classrooms.

Media bias
* has a long history.
* is especially strong on cultural issues
  - one kind of problem at a national level
  - simply a reflection of cultural bias
* subject that easily becomes boring to sophisticates.

Personal bias
* can keep someone from understanding the word.
* contribute to the effectiveness of an indicator's signal.
* is inevitable when coworkers judge each other.
* natural component of most creative endeavor.