"luisa just made a dentist appointment. although she feels terrified of the dentist, she thinks that maintaining a healthy smile is important. this example best illustrates that"

This example best illustrates that "if the components of an attitude are inconsistent, attitudes may not predict behavior.".

The reasons why attitudes may not predict behavior is;

attitudes can conflict with great determinants of conduct

attitudes can be conflicting

attitudes about the purposes behind our dispositions

mismatch between specificity of dispositions and specificity of conduct

automatic conduct that detours cognizant attitudes

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.