“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future” MayMatterHelpingProblemSeemsDesireChoicesIndividualAttitudeIssuesGroupsAcceptanceExpressionSkillsGainsCapacityExtremesDefinedOutcomesOpennessTherapistsEntryFreedom Of ChoiceAllowanceIndividual Expression Author:Carl Rogers
“The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. "Existential" in this sense can be defined as participating in a situation, especially a cognitive situation, with the whole of one's existence.” WholeExistenceAttitudeSituationDefinedExistentialismContrastExistentialTheoreticalInvolvementDetachedParticipatingCognitive Book:Writings on religion Source: Writings on religion
“This is what happens when the discourse of publishing, defined and driven by spoken and written language, is talked about in exactly the same vocabulary and syntax as any widgetmaking industry. Books are reformulated as 'product' - like screwdrivers or flea-bombs or soap - and the majority of writers are perceived as typists with bad attitudes.” BookHappensLanguageAttitudeWrittenProductsIndustryMajorityDrivenDefinedBombsPublishingDiscourseVocabularySoapFleasBad AttitudeSyntaxWritten LanguageScrewdrivers Author:Suzette Haden Elgin
“Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy: it is shared withthe other guys. It is a code of conduct that requires men to maintain masculine postures and attitudes (however they are defined) at all times and in all places. Masculinity includes the symbols, uniforms, chants, and plays that make this the boys' team rather than the girls' team.” MenMindPlayGuyGirlAttitudeBoysTeamAll TimeSymbolsDefinedCodeUniformsMasculinityMasculineVaryOther GuysPostureSingle Guy Author:Frank Pittman
“Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.” MenUniverseSocialAttitudeMoralityStandardsDeterminedDefinedCustomsIgnoredTimelessImmoralityImpunityChanging Attitude Book:Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions: Marriage & Sexuality Source: Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions: Marriage & Sexuality
“Every ambiguous, false, tearful, emotional exaggeration brings about that typically kitsch attitude which could be defined as "sentimentality."” AttitudeEmotionalDefinedExaggerationAmbiguousSentimentalityKitsch Author:Gillo Dorfles
“In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing.” MenGivingCharacterPassionActorsEffortAttitudeFateTaughtDisciplineShapesDelightAbsurdDefinedFrontiersDiligenceAppearingConquerorTaught UsLucidityDoggedness Author:Albert Camus
“Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.” LawProcessUnderstandingAttitudePracticeKeysIntegrityDefinedEmpiresTerritory Author:Ronald Dworkin