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From what you have learned in the article (Overview of Harris Chaiklin's

Analysis of findings

Attitudes, Behavior, and Social Practice) and applying whatever learning you have acquired so far in this class state your informed view of whether you agree or disagree with the following statement taken directly from the article:

A. "Coerced attempts to change attitudes may reinforce the behavior they are trying to eliminate" (Rooney, 1992).

B. "Whenever people are not seen as individuals they are judged in terms of their group characteristics. This means that stereotyping is occurring. Stereotypes can be positive or negative. The way to deal with negative stereotypes is through creating interaction situations and not attempting to change attitudes."

C. "Martin Luther King Jr. (said) "Morals cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. The law cannot make an employer love me, but it can keep him from refusing to hire me because of the color of my skin" (King, 1987, p. 27). P

D. "Unfortunately, those who focus on attitudes often create the attitudes they claim to be changing. In human relations training, the chief result is that people reinforce the attitudes they have when they went into training."

E. "Too great an emphasis on trying to control or change attitudes threatens freedom"