Any belief that includes a positive or negative evaluation of some target, which predisposes us to act in certain ways toward the target, is defined by your text as a(n):

A. stereotype
B. schema
C. attitude
D. attribution


Answer: C

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Piaget believed that ______ was a child’s work.

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