Neal is against the death penalty, but then again, if someone ever harmed one of his family members he might be more in favor of the death penalty. These differing reactions to the death penalty are an example of ________attitudes.

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Ambivalent attitudes are those that are conflicted or have mixed feelings about a specific issue or topic. In this case, Neal's attitude towards the death penalty is ambivalent because he generally opposes it, but his reaction changes if it were to personally affect his family.

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