Attitude, aptitude, and interest are related but distinct concepts. Attitude refers to an individual's orientation or tendencies towards people, concepts, or situations based on their experiences. It involves beliefs and perceptions. Aptitude indicates a person's potential ability or fitness for a particular task or skill which can be developed with training. Interest refers to a feeling of focused attention and absorption in an activity due to inner motivation from needs, drives, and emotions. Aptitude is more innate while attitude and interest involve learning and can change over time with experiences and environment.

2. ATTITUDE,APTITUDE AND INTEREST
MEANING,NATURE AND DIFFERENCE

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4. ATTITUDE
The word attitude refers to an
individual’s orientation toward an
item, person, concept, institution,
social process or situation and is
indicate his or her web of beliefs
and perceptions based on their
experiences or observational
learning.

5. 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 particular object”

6. NATURE OF ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE HAVE A SUBJECT-OBJECT BASED RELATIONSHIP.
ATTITUDES ARE LEARNED.
ATTITUDE IS ATENDENCYTO BEHAVE.
ATTITUDES ARE ENDURING STATES OF READINESS.
ATTITUDES ARE NUMEROUS.
ATTITUDES ARE POSITIVE ASWELL AS NEGATIVE.
ATTITUDE IS A PART OF COGNITION.

7. CHANGING OF ATTITUDE
 CONDITIONED BY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
 HOME AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.
 SELF RESPECT.
 DIRECT OR INDIRECT EXPERIENCES.
 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
 GROUP INTERACTIONS.
 MEDIA,AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS.

8. WHAT DO YOU SEE?????

9. TYPES OF ATTITUDE
1. POSITIVEATTITUDE
2. NEGATIVEATTITUDE
3. NEUTRAL ATTITUDE
4. SIKKENATTITUDE

10. POSTIVE ATTITUDE: Positive mental attitude is 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, sincerity 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.

11. NEUTRAL ATTITUDE: 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. It is as if they don’t think about anything
that much and doesn’t care for the same as well. They never feel the need to
change themselves as they can simply live with the way they are.
SIKKEN ATTITUDE: One of the most dangerous types of attitude and different is
the sikken attitude. The sikken attitude has the caliber 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. It is
necessary to let go of this kind of attitude for the betterment of the self and the
people around you. They are often difficult to be mended because the attitude is
deep-rooted within one’s personality. However, with time, it nevertheless is
possible to change the course of direction of this attitude.

12. APTITUDE

13. 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 accomplish
potentialities for the future.
It refers to potential capacity in some narrow area.
Aptitude = capacity + interest.

14. DEFINITIONS
Warren :“An aptitude is a condition or set of characteristics
regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s ability to
acquire with training some knowledge and skill onset of
responses such as the ability to speak a language or to
practice music etc.”
 Van Dunsen :“Aptitude is a measure of the probable rate of
learning which results in interest and satisfaction and is
relatively specific and narrow.”

15. NATURE 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.
Individual differences can be seen in aptitudes.

16. APTITUDE VS ATTITUDE

17. APTITUDE
1.Aptitude indicates one's fitness and
ability for a particular activity.
2. Aptitude represents one's potential
abilities to respond to a certain
stimulus.
3. Aptitude does not involves
the organization of concepts, beliefs,
of habits and motives.
4. Aptitude does not have any
definite motivational affective
characteristics.
5. Aptitude is always specific.
ATTITUDE
1. Attitudes indicates one's preconceived
notions and feelings about a specific topic.
2. Attitude represents the state of certain
readiness to respond to a certain stimulus.
3. Attitude involves the organization beliefs,
of concepts, beliefs, habits and motives.
4. Attitudes have definite motivational
affective characteristics.
5. Attitude may be either general or specific

18. 6. Aptitude always has an
innate basis.
7. As a pattern of behaviour
,aptitudes are more stable than
attitudes.
8.Aptitudes reverse completely
within the life span of an
individual.
9. Aptitudes, once established
seldom change
10.Aptitudes are formed only up to
puberty.
6. Attitude is learnt or adopted and has
no innate basis.
7. As a pattern of behaviour, attitudes
are less stable than aptitudes
8. Attitude may reverse completely.
9.Attitudes are susceptible to change.
10. New attitudes may be formed even
during old age.

19. INTEREST

20. INTEREST
▪ Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes
attention to focus on an object, event, or process.
▪ Interest is the inner force that impels us to attend
something.
▪ Interest is a tendency to seek out an activity or a
object and to become absorbed in it.

21. DEFINITIIONS
Bingham : 'An interest is a tendency to become absorbed in
an experience and to continue it.‘
James Drever: 'Interest is the latent attention ‘
James M Sawhrey and Charles wTelford: 'Interest as
favourable attitude towards objects.'

22. NATURE OF INTERESTS
 Interests are closely linked with our basic needs ,drives, and motives.
 Interest is a pre condition to attention.
 Interests are innate as well as acquired dispositions.
 Pursuit of one's interest provides energy and driving force. Interests are sharpened by
heredity and environment.
 Interests are not fixed and permanent.
 Interests of individuals tend to become less varied with increasing age.
 Interests of individual differ.
 Interests can be measured.
 There is some relationship between vocational and non vocational interests.
 Learning becomes effective and efficient when interests of the children are satisfied.

23. FACTORS AFFECTING INTEREST
INTEREST
PERSONAL FACTORS
 Child's physical health and physical
development
 Child's mental health and
development
 Child's age, sex, aptitude
 Child's ideals , motives and
interests.
 Child's emotions , sentiments, and
complexes.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
 Socio-economic status of the
family
 Rearing practices in the family
 cultural status
 Education and training
 Oppurtunities to the child for
exploring interest.

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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

26. INTEREST APTITUDE
1. It is related to the needs and motives
of the individual.
2. Interests may be either intrinsic or
extrinsic in nature
3.The pattern of interest undergoes a
vast change with age.
4. Instinctive needs often direct and
control interests
5. It evokes attention.
1. It is not related to the needs and motives of
the individual.
2. It is always intrinsic in its nature.
3. It does not undergoes vast change with
age.
4. It is not directed and controlled by
instinctive needs
5. Does not evokes attention.

27. 6. It is not permanent. It may change
completely in the course of
development.
7. It can be improved with training.
8. It is directly related to the emotion,
sentiments and desires.
9. The individual persists over the
interests activity for the long time.
10.As a determiner of personality,
interests are mostly acquired
6. It is more or less permanent. It seldom
changes completely.
7. It cannot be improved with training.
8. Is not directly related to the emotions,
sentiments and desires.
9.The individual need not always persists over
the activity in which he has attitude.
10. As a determiner of personality, interests are
mostly innate.

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