Although Chu has never actually met anybody who is Irish, he is convinced that all Irish individuals are lazy drunks who can't hold a job. He has heard his father make these types of statements for as long as he can remember. In this case, Chu's prejudiced attitude appears to have formed through the process of:

a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. observational learning
d. cognitive dissonance


C

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