A university fraternity sponsored a blood drive in cooperation with the Red Cross,but students weren't eager to donate.Red Cross volunteers took an impromptu survey and discovered that students erroneously believed they could contract AIDS in the process of giving blood.The erroneous belief that AIDS can be contracted while donating blood is best described as the _____ component of the student body's attitude.

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The belief that one can contract AIDS while donating blood is a cognitive component of attitude, as it involves beliefs or knowledge. The affective component would involve emotions or feelings, the constructive component would involve behaviors or actions, the emotive component would refer to the expression of emotions or feelings, and the evaluative component would involve overall judgments or opinions of giving blood.

A University Fraternity Sponsored a Blood Drive in Cooperation with the Red