“…In addition, those people with a tendency toward rigid, dogmatic attitudes held more negative attitudes towards service dogs. Studies have shown attitude is a strong predictor of behaviour (Ajzen, 1991;Koger & Winter, 2010;Mullan et al, 2015); moreover, people with dogmatic styles of cognition are more resistant to noticing and applying new information (Altemeyer, 2002;Gurney, Mckeown, Churchyard, & Howlett, 2013;Ottati et al, 2015).…”