Question from the professor

The success of last week's "chain notes" and the terrific engagement and participation by so many in the class seemed to call for an encore, especially because there is so much to discuss and ponder regarding the fascinating concepts of how attitude, affect, behavior, cognition, and schemas interact in our daily lives. Be sure to use this outlet as a place to pose questions you've been wondering about or that seem unclear after each Module. Once again:

1. I am tossing out a question to the class at large concerning a topic related to those in Module 5, which we didn't have in the DQs. Specifically, I'm putting out a potentially controversial question (i.e., really, it's just a good one for discussion, because there's no blatantly Right or Wrong answer), inclusive of some more methodology considerations.

2. Anyone is invited (and welcomed!) to respond with your thoughts. Many responses are welcome, but the first person to respond, please toss out a NEW question to the class, with a topic related to those in Module 5-related or not related to my initial question.

3. Anyone is invited and welcomed to respond to the next question as well. The first person to respond, please post a NEW question to the class.

Here is my question:

As we've been moving through this course, many students have commented (and perhaps more of you are feeling this way) that a consequence of studying social cognition is that we are thinking more frequently and more intentionally about our existing attitudes, biases, and schemas. Have you found any particular pre-existing area that you've noticed yourself re-framing and even amending or totally altering as a result of the assimilation of new information we've learned in this class?