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EXERCISES AND CRITICAL THINKING
- What kinds of people are you attracted to? Do your preferences match the factors that we have just discussed?
- What stereotypes and prejudices do you hold? Are you able to get past them and judge people as individuals? Do you
think that your stereotypes influence your behavior without your being aware of them? - Consider a time when your behavior influenced your attitudes. Did this occur as a result of self-perception or cognitive
dissonance?
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