Sentences with phrase «general attitude toward»

Explain why you're asking (i.e., that money is one of the most common sources of conflict in relationships and you're trying to better understand their general attitude toward money and spending).

In recent years, we have witnessed a dramatic change in the general attitude toward divorce.

Look at the general attitude toward taxes.

Because the general attitude toward large - cap stocks often differs from the attitude toward small - cap stocks, international stocks or technology stocks, the Dow should not be used to represent sentiment in other areas of the marketplace.

By watching indexes and keeping track of their movements over time, you can get a good handle on the investing public's general attitude toward companies of all different sizes and from varying industries.

Unfortunately, there's no one - size - fits - all answer — your age, your tax bracket, what you would do with the tax savings from your mortgage interest, how long you expect to live in your home, and your general attitude toward being debt - free all play significant roles.

All this is of one piece with Jesus» general attitude toward women.

The second concerns the historical origin and development, the third, the prevailing spirit (intensiveness, exclusiveness, broadness, compromise) and the general attitude toward the world (identification, withdrawal, critical acceptance, consecration).

The general attitude toward ordaining homosexuals or admitting them to the seminary has dramatically changed.

His general attitude toward women is what made his comment go viral.

«I think his general attitude toward women was just, subtly, that we were less capable,» said Ms. Amin, a junior designer on one of the Nike apps, who added that she had received positive performance reviews since becoming an employee in 2014.

From these figures it is apparent that a minister's general attitudes toward alcohol and alcoholism have a great deal to do with whether or not he discovers the alcoholics who are potentially available to be helped by him.

Teachers completed the Attitudes Toward Father Involvement (ATFI) and General Attitudes Toward Parent Involvement (GATPI) scales, and collected data on parent contacts.

Arguably, there may be more conceptual overlaps between the concepts of burnout and general attitudes toward relationships with patients than specific relationships that are also influenced by a range of patient - related factors.

Not exact matches

Studies show that eating lunch will impact productivity later in the day and your attitude toward work in general.

Less than a year after making public his concept for a «Hyperloop» high - speed transportation system — essentially saying, «have at it, developers» — the erstwhile PayPal co-founder, current CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and general poster boy for successful geeky entrepreneurs has made another bold declaration of his laissez - faire attitude toward intellectual property.

Sure, his Laissez - faire attitude toward regulations and business in general has many acolytes in the business world including the former Pacific Investment Management Co. fund manager Bill Gross and, perhaps, Paypal founder Peter Thiel.

«He is not what I would call an ideal role model in eating and his attitude toward nutrition in general.»

Romney's comment was perhaps well meant, but taken in the context of all of his ideas about women, that they must be taken care of because they are fragile, delicate creatures, who can't think or care for themselves and are better fit for staying home and taking care of the offspring than out in the work force, the words mirror his general condescending attitude toward women.

The KJV translates this, «And the common people heard him gladly,» converting a reference to a particular occasion into a general assertion about the attitude of the common people toward Jesus.

We have radical radicals today; they are nonmoderate and in general can be identified by their attitudes toward James Baldwin, LeRoi Jones, Martin Luthur King and civil disobedience.

I would conclude, then, that by changing my attitudes on several deeply ingrained matters (such as contraception and women's ordination), I have uncovered a remarkably unthreatening attitude toward the changeable and unchangeable in the church in general.

Subjectivism dominates not only the attitude of our age toward values but modern thinking in general.

While it may readily be granted that certain hostile, fearful, and punitive attitudes toward sexual impulses will be harmful to personality, it does not follow that inhibition of sexual activity is intrinsically undesirable, or that a general relaxation of standards for sexual behavior is indicated.

Such an attitude toward Islam was sure to satisfy the externalists whose main concern was to give precise definitions to religious terms, lay down general laws, and see that they were strictly observed.

In principle it is perfectly compatible with views of punishment harsher than those normally practiced toward convicted criminals (murderers or otherwise), but whether one's general attitude concerning punishment tends toward the severe or the lenient, the basic fact of the Cain story as a paradigm is the preservation of a guilty life.

Further, with the exception of attitudes toward abortion, there is evidence that general public opinion is not polarizing at all.

If this speculation has any validity, the dramatic change in attitudes toward the right to die may be part of a more general drift since World War II toward greater tolerance, as evidenced by an increase in respect for the civil liberties of «deviants» of both the «left» and the «right.»

In the midst of scandals, intra-ecclesial ideological battles, and a widespread attitude of indifference — if not scorn — toward religion in general and the Catholic faith in particular, a steady stream of courageous souls continue to convert from other confessions — or no confession — to the Catholic faith.

While this is the positive goal sought it must be added that the negative, even fearful, attitude toward the earth resulting from the general hardships of life led to the radical disturbance of the entire process.

As an institution, marriage is ordered toward public recognition, which makes its redefinition something different and more threatening than the general attitude of license.

The general body of research indicates, therefore, that religious television programs do have the potential to change people's attitudes toward religious faith in general and toward specific aspects of religious faith and practice in particular.

We also see in the feelings of White's characters a reflection of his ambiguous attitude toward people in general.

The records of these three meetings strongly suggest — I do not say, demonstrate — this about the general outlook of the young mathematician Whitehead: he had a positive attitude toward change, tension, the multifariousness of things and qualities; his hackles rose over the notion of unrelieved uniformity; and he rejected Democritus's «spatialization» of change.

The more we talk math, the better chance infants and toddlers have to build a positive attitude toward math learning and learning in general.»

It reminds me of the medieval attitude toward virginity in general, only instead of a bloodstained sheet, or lack thereof, there's... what?

This was in part the result of Americans» wary attitude in general toward fruits and vegetables.

The Governor expressed unsatisfactory of the carefree attitude of Nigerians toward the environment, stressing the manner in which people just ignore the environment without any proper concentration to general cleanliness of where they live is worrisome.

«Each week when I drive up to the state Legislature... I often feel like I'm driving three hours north and 30 years back in time because attitudes toward women in the Legislature are so out of date and out of sync with actual understanding of the general public,» said Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger of Manhattan.

A unit increase in general risk attitude (toward greater risk tolerance) increases the likelihood an individual will stay and defend by 36 percent, while a one unit increase in financial risk attitude decreases the odds of staying and defending by 31 percent.

Almost all did so, they said, to help educate the general public and to promote a more positive attitude toward research.

The researchers, who released their findings in a recent issue of the Social Science Journal, asked 152 college age students to fill out a 70 - question survey on their attitudes toward texting in various situations and their general texting habits.

«General support for science doesn't always correlate with attitudes toward specific issues.»

It is important to consider larger institutional attitudes toward Twitter and social media platforms in general; at Michael Thompson's institution (University of New Hampshire), there was a university - wide push to engage on Twitter; Gretchen Kiser's institution (UC San Francisco) was concerned about branding and more hesitant toward strong engagement on social media at first.

Although it's not normally what a doctor would prescribe, it appears that something as basic as cultivating a patient and understanding attitude toward ourselves may actually make all the difference to our general well - being.

What's important to notice is the competitive attitude we often take toward meditating, yoga, and life in general.

Cynical, tone - deaf junk that has nothing to contribute to the world but smirks and a general dismissive attitude toward human connection and interaction.

It «s trite, clichéd, and more than a little smarmy with «50s attitudes toward women in uniform and in general.

Forest Whitaker gives a titanic performance as the general — by turns charming and sinister, vulnerable and vengeful — and as he seduces the naive young man into his murderous regime, director Kevin Macdonald unpacks the ignorance and arrogance that still characterize the West's attitude toward Africa.

Dr. Papadimitriou: Without a doubt, the most influential entity on girls» attitudes toward science, depending on how you define attitudes, has to be society in general.