Under Herbertism, parsons are not just representatives of the Church of England, they are the Church of England in any given place (think what the common attitude of "say one for me, vicar!" betrays about the relationship of parson to institution).
I quote [President] Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Union, who says, "We know the right thing to do, but we don't know how to get re-elected if we've done it". And that's the common attitude of politicians.
Edwina Elbert embodied what I learned is a common attitude of the elders toward the end of life: a mix of interest, curiosity, and acceptance.
However, we identified a common attitude of resistance to change induced by this clinical situation, which suggests coping strategies similar to those observed for other chronic pain conditions such as low back pain [23].
This situation emphasizes the need to negate the common attitude of a universal "treatment plan".
The "chronic" in chronic pain encapsulates the sense of defeatism that characterizes the common attitude of many patients and health care providers who are dealing with this perplexing and debilitating problem.
In the context of a cross-cultural study, conceptualising stress by focusing on specific stressful events and/or particular responses runs the risk of being inherently culture bound in measuring stress because it requires a common perception of that which is potentially stressful, a common opportunity of experiencing particular situations and a common attitude of responding to external stressors.
Sessions were designed to elicit IRB-member perceptions of common attitudes and beliefs of Batswana (the people of Botswana) towards the collection and use of HBS for research and to gauge member knowledge and attitudes about these issues.
Ruddick (1988) calls this 'joint self-deception.' On a larger-scale, sharing common attitudes, large segments of a society might deceive themselves together.
In addition, common attitudes toward the quality of long-term care are changing in a more demanding and client-oriented direction.
