Social Behavior INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following scenario and answer the question. Scenario: Eva and Hector are high school teachers who are having a conversation about the mechanisms that bring about attitude change. Eva states that the emotional component in an attitude can be shaped by reinforcement or acquired through observational learning. She supports her statement with the example of a teenager who is likely to agree with a peer because agreement acts as a reinforcer. Hector contradicts her and says that attitude changes occur because of dissonance. Inconsistency between attitudes creates an unpleasant state of tension that motivates people to reduce their dissonance, usually by altering their cognitions. a. You agree with Eva; agreement and disagreement function as reinforcers, and people are likely to be swayed by the opinions of others. b. You agree with Hector; dissonance explains why people sometimes come to believe their own lies. QUESTION: Whose opinion do you agree with the most?