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Jipu 123

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Tracy encounters a member of a certain political group whose views and attributes are inconsistent with her schemas about that group. Due to a strong perseverance effect, what is the MOST likely conclusion that Tracy will make?
 
  A) Tracy will completely change her schema about the group.
  B) Tracy will continue to believe that most members of that group fit her schemas.
  C) Tracy will decide the member is lying about her political affiliation.
  D) Tracy will suppress conscious awareness of this conflicting information, but it will exert an influence on her behavior without her awareness.
  E) Tracy will not lose confidence in her ability to create schemas.

Question 2

Schemas affect our use of stored memories by ________.
 
  A) making it easier to retrieve information that is consistent with the schema
  B) increasing the cognitive load on our reasoning abilities, making it more difficult to search our memories
  C) deactivating the anchoring and adjustment process whereby we make social judgments
  D) not allowing the use of memories to reduce cognitive load
  E) making the schema itself weaker and less useful in accessing such memories



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qytan

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A




Jipu 123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


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