You have eaten scallops at three different restaurants, prepared three different ways, and each time they tasted like "rubber bands." You have decided never to eat scallops again. Your negative attitude toward scallops was acquired through
a. the actor-observer bias.
b. cognitive dissonance.
c. chance conditioning.
d. a mean worldview.
ANSWER: c
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