Attitudinal competence

Attitudinal Competence is the ability to select maintain or adapt one's best attitudes for the present. It also means to not adopt habitual attitudes unless they are both useful and appropriate for the current situation.

The term is simply derived from the standard dictionary meaning of each word.

Vocations such as pilots law-enforcement health-care and teaching professions require specific attitudinal competencies. Psychometric tests are usually used to determine tendencies of the individual that indicate the attitudinal competence.

Attitudinal Competence is a learnable skill and not only an inborn capability.

There are a range of processes for developing attitudinal competence, notably a "Course in Miracles" by Dr. Helen Schucman and Dr. William Thetford; "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman; "Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)" developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder; and "Master the Power of Your Attitudes" by David Deane-Spread.