This document discusses attitudes in psychology. It defines an attitude as a mental and emotional viewpoint that someone holds towards something. Attitudes are influenced by many factors, including social groups, family, personal experiences, instruction, prejudices, media, religion, education, physical traits, economic conditions, and occupation. The document also outlines four functions of attitudes: utilitarian, value expressive, ego defensive, and knowledge. Finally, it concludes that research has found people generally aim to reconcile different attitudes and align their attitudes with their behaviors to appear consistent.