Considering Hofstede's notion of culture as "the collective programming of the mind," then attitudes can be defined as:

A) the deepest level of a culture present in the majority of the members of a particular culture.

B) an organized pattern of knowledge that an individual holds to be true about the world.

C) a learned tendency to respond in a consistent way to a given object or entity.

D) an enduring belief or feeling of a specific mode of conduct.

E) a personally or socially preferable mode of conduct.