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bcretired

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The day after the Supreme Court issued a decision on a particular divisive issue, the Senate and House pass a bill that is unpopular with the same segment of the population that was unhappy with the Supreme Court decision. The disgruntled segment of the population then claims that the decision was issued at this particular time to distract people from the bill's passage. This assumption reflects ____.
 
  a. confirmation bias
  b. the gambler's fallacy
  c. the conjunction fallacy
  d. illusory correlation

Question 2

Compared to societies that do not have a culture of honor, societies that do have a culture of honor tend to ____.
 
  a. place a relatively high value on family and community needs rather than one's own needs
  b. place a relatively high value on respect and virtue
  c. be more accepting of virtually all forms of violence
  d. be less accepting of virtually all forms of violence



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gabrielle_lawrence

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B




bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


meganmoser117

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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