intra-attitudinal consistency

the extent to which evaluative responses underlying a single attitude are consistent with one another. Uniformly positive responses or uniformly negative responses constitute high consistency. The existence of both positive and negative responses reflects low consistency. See also ambivalence of an attitude.

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January 30th 2025

symbolic learning theory

a theory that attempts to explain how imagery works in performance enhancement. It suggests that imagery develops and enhances a coding system that creates a mental blueprint of what has to be done to complete an action.