The predispositions component of social capital includes people’s values, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and understandings that influence the potential for social action and the nature of social action when it occurs. It relates to whether people are predisposed to act and the nature of action when it does occur.
Various factors, collectively called predispositions, can influence people’s values, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and understandings. Some of the most frequently identified ones in the context of social capital include:
