Hillary is not impressed with her choices for student body president, but knows she should vote in the election. In her opinion, Juan is not qualified for the position, but neither is Mark. She trusts Mark and admires his decision-making ability over Juan's. In fact, she likes Mark so much she volunteered for his campaign one afternoon. Volunteering for the campaign represents the ________ component of her attitude toward him.

A) feeling
B) behavioral tendency
C) intuition
D) belief

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Alexander Cichy [STUDENT] · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The behavioral tendency component refers to an individual's inclination to act in a certain way toward the object of their attitude. In this case, Hillary's volunteering for Mark's campaign demonstrates her inclination to support him and his candidacy for student body president. The feeling component refers to emotional reactions, intuition is a type of decision-making process, and belief refers to a cognitive attitude component involving acceptance or rejection of a proposition.

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