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What are the three components of an attitude? Give an example of an attitude and distinguish each of these three components for those components.

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Jasmin belongs to the chess club on her campus. She prefers to associate with other members of the chess club while avoiding people that do not belong to this group. She thinks that those who do not play chess must be less intelligent than those who do, and thus she doesn't want to spend time with them. Jasmin has a(n) ________ bias.


A) confirmation
B) in-group
C) out-group
D) scapegoating

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Identify at least two of the different forms of prejudice and discrimination that were discussed in the textbook.

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According to the frustration aggression theory, which of the following is likely to occur when Simon gets frustrated with his toilet training?


A) Simon bites his mother
B) Simon goes to sleep
C) Simon retreats to a corner and mopes
D) Simon's mother gets frustrated with Simon

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Fantasia believes that people with blue eyes are somehow more creative than other people. Whenever Fantasia encounters a person that has blue eyes and is creative, she places greater importance on this evidence supporting her already existing belief. At the same time, Fantasia ignores any evidence that people without blue eyes might display exceptional creativity. This is called a(n) ________.


A) confirmation bias
B) availability heuristic
C) representativeness bias
D) self-fulfilling prophecy

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Which type of persuasion approach involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?


A) door-in-the-face strategy
B) foot-in-the-door technique
C) lowball technique
D) effort justification strategy

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