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NguyenJ

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Belief perseverance can help explain which of the following?
 
  a. why people who watch news programs that refer to climate change as a hoax remain convinced of that conclusion even in the face of scientific evidence to the contrary
  b. why during jury deliberations it is easier to convince fellow jurors to change their votes from guilty to not guilty than it is to change their minds in the opposite direction
  c. why weather forecasters are better at predicting rainfall totals than snowfall totals
  d. all of the above

Question 2

Asch's (1946) research on person perception provided evidence for which of the following conclusions?
 
  a. There is a primacy effect in social perception.
  b. First impressions serve as a filter through which subsequently learned information is interpreted.
  c. Even when the content of information conveyed about two individuals remains the same, the order in which we learn it can have a powerful effect on our impression.
  d. all of the above


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millet

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


NguyenJ

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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