Author Question: Researchers (Kunda & Oleson, 1997) presented people with one or two examples that countered ... (Read 46 times)

mp14 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Researchers (Kunda & Oleson, 1997) presented people with one or two examples that countered people's strongly held stereotypes and found that some people actually strengthened their belief in the stereotype when confronted with such disconfirmations.

According to the researchers, this occurred because the people
a. simply ignored the evidence.
b. misperceived the evidence in line with their preconceptions.
c. were motivated by the counterexamples to find even more reasons why their belief held.
d. in the experiment were a clinical sample of sociopaths; this occurs only for this subgroup.

Question 2

Which of the following, if any, are factors influencing the ability to expand time spent single during young adulthood?

a. Increased opportunities for women to obtain educational credentials and jobs that pay more than a living wage.
b. The many opportunities for success in the contemporary American economy.
c. Increased instances of parents who defend the choices of their adult children to their disapproving peers.
d. All of the above.