Laziness, is an attitude or a personality?

Answer 1

I would say personality has a lot more influence than attitude in regard to laziness. When talking about laziness during a person's entire life span, I believe that it is mostly genetic. Some people display slugishness and low ambition all their lives. Their environment plays a role also. For example, people living in the inner city with little job opportunities tend to have low ambition due to their environment. Of course, there are exceptions.

Then there is the stage in development around the teenage years where laziness is shown outwardly. It seems few teens are ambitious about hard work unless prodded on by parents or teachers. They just have a million other things on their minds and probably appear lazy to adults. And there are exceptions also. I'm just talking in a general sense here and don't want to offend anybody. Most teens will graduate and go out into the world and be very productive.

So it is a combination of nature and nurture essentially. Fat people may appear lazy because their metabolism is slow and may not appear to be in a great rush. This does not make them lazy at all, but our perception of this makes it appear so.

Of course, there are slugs out there who want a free ride in life without working. Everybody's different, so I guess the answer is subjective depending on various factors.

Answer 2

I am lazy, lazy, lazy... Sometimes is a choice, so if I got the time and I can permit myself to be lazy, I enjoy it, I'm relaxed and it's wonderful to take time. Other times, you have to do many things, and you can't even begin to think about it, so you give up and fall on laziness...then it's not a choice, it's a consequence of something, and we can then suffer the consequences of being lazy. For me it's wonderful and horrible, it's an attitude and part of my personality. By the way, does not this two go together...?

Answer 3

Laziness begins as a choice. After a period of time of following this trend, laziness becomes an attitude assumed by the person. Still longer, laziness evolves further, developing into a habit. Should the person choose not the break the habit, it becomes a part of their personality. Thus, I believe that laziness is a process that continues until it becomes a part of who we are.

Answer 4

Laziness can be a function of both personality and attitude.
In psychology, we measure personality by the Big Five: Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness.
A lesser Conscientious person will typically be more relaxed in their compulsion to work.
We can also have a negative attitude towards work, particularly with specific tasks, such as cleaning, which will have the same effect, but with lesser universality (a person can be lazy when it comes to housework, but conscientious when it comes to their job).

Answer 5

laziness goes with the personality. which can give you an attitude. if the person wants to be lazy at a certain time and can't lay back they yes they can get an attitude. so it will be both.

Answer 6

I agree; it's a choice that ends up being self-reinforcing, influences attitudes and often becomes part of a personality.

Answer 7

I agree that it is a choice....but both of these can come into play whenever a person is lazy.

Answer 8

I think it depends on the situation.It's still a choice though and still both. Isn't that like saying; "The psyche is separate from the body"..?

Answer 9

I think its a feeling. Which ultimately is what lunatic said - a choice.

Answer 10

It is a character flaw and a choice