Abstract
All individuals develop a set of attitudes and beliefs about their world and about themselves. These beliefs are a result of the prior and current experiences of each person. Our beliefs can serve as another important source whereby we may derive a sense of difference relative to other people. The present chapter investigates the role of attitudes and beliefs in generating a sense of difference.
“…And now we will hear the dissenting opinion.”
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Snyder, C.R., Fromkin, H.L. (1980). Attitudes and Beliefs as Uniqueness Attributes. In: Uniqueness. Perspectives in Social Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3659-4_8
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