When asked to rate the job that a senator has done, a politician responds, "I think the senator has introduced several important pieces of legislation." In the context of attitudes, this statement best reflects
a. informational influence.
b. cognitive information.
c. affective information.
d. behavioral information.
Answer: b. cognitive information.
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a. ?Tolman's purposive behaviorism b. ?Piaget's work on cognitive development c. ?Miller's work in psycholinguistics d. ?Neisser's book on cognitive psychology e. ?Köhler's and Koffka's books
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a. is proof one is "biologically dead" b. may be taken as evidence of being "clinically dead" c. indicates one is having experiences of some afterlife d. provides evidence for an afterlife e. means one will never regain consciousness
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a. ?Poyen b. ?Gassner c. ?Hell d. ?Puységur
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a. good is to bad. b. increase is to decrease. c. reward is to punish. d. present is to remove. e. motivate is to inhibit.