The Cognitive Component of an Attitude Reflects Underlying Beliefs, Opinions

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The cognitive component of an attitude reflects underlying beliefs, opinions, knowledge, or information a person possesses.

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Definitions:

PET Scans

A type of imaging test that helps reveal how your tissues and organs are functioning, using a radioactive drug (tracer) to show this activity.

Visual Cortex

is the part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe of the brain.

Retinal Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina that receive inputs from multiple photoreceptor cells and transmit visual information to the brain via the optic nerve.

Concepts

General ideas or understandings that can be used to group together objects, events, qualities, or abstract notions sharing common characteristics.