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HudsonKB16

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The general psychological tendency to deny discrepancies between one's preexisting beliefs (cognitions) and new information is known as _____.
 
  a. cognitive dissonance
  b. schematic reasoning
  c. impact of perceptions
  d. behavioral sociology

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A projection of the world that retains directional accuracy, places Europe at the center, and uses two-thirds of the map to represent the northern half of the world is called a(n)
 
  a. orthographic projection.
  b. Mercator projection.
  c. Peter's projection.
  d. world-time view.


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wergv

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Reply #1 on: Sep 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Sep 3, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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