An attitude is a negative or positive evaluation of an object that influences behavior toward that object. Attitudes have three components - cognitive, affective, and behavioral. The cognitive component involves facts and knowledge about an object, the affective component involves feelings like liking or disliking, and the behavioral component involves tendencies to act in certain ways toward the object based on the other two components. Attitudes are learned, relatively stable, have objects, and can influence behavior. There are four types of attitudes - positive, negative, neutral, and sikken. Positive attitudes include confidence and happiness, while negative attitudes include anger and frustration.