A Measure of the Cognitive Component of Attitudes Toward Nuclear

question 13

Multiple Choice

A measure of the cognitive component of attitudes toward nuclear power might ask people to rate the extent to which it is ______,

• A)harmful versus beneficial
• B)acceptable versus disgusting
• C)bad versus good
• D)awful versus nice

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Definitions:

Football Players

Athletes who specialize in playing the sport of football, which involves team strategies to move a ball into the opposition's goal area to score points.

Smoking Cigarettes

The act of inhaling and exhaling the smoke produced by burning tobacco in rolled paper.

Critical Thinking

A way of evaluating the claims and comments of other people that involves skepticism and examination of evidence.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence applied that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.