Practice Formation Of Attitudes (4) - Chapter 7: Attitudes

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Question 1.
Define direct experience in the context of attitude formation.
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Think about how your own experiences with people or things might change your feelings.
Question 2.
What is cognitive dissonance?
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Consider a time when you felt uneasy about a choice you made.
3Question 3.
What is the primary factor in direct experience that shapes attitudes?
- Social learning
- Firsthand encounters
- Classical conditioning
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Recall what you experience directly rather than what you observe.
4Question 4.
True or False: Cognitive dissonance occurs only with negative attitudes.
- True
- False
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Think about situations where you might feel conflicted, regardless of the attitude.
Question 5.
Analyze how a person with conflicting attitudes towards diet may experience cognitive dissonance after binge eating despite being a health advocate.
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Consider how personal values can conflict with immediate choices.
Question 6.
Discuss a scenario where social learning markedly shifts a person's political attitudes.
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Reflect on how peer dynamics can shift ideologies over time.

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