Professor DeVeaux reads an essay in which a student argues in ...

[james0929]

Professor DeVeaux reads an essay in which a student argues in favor of full nuclear war to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. Initially she thinks,
 
  Whoa, what an extremist Then she recalls that the student had been assigned to advocate nuclear war as part of the assignment. Why would Professor DeVeaux still be likely to view the student as a political extremist?
   a. Although she adjusted her beliefs, she did not adjust them enough to fully account for the power of the situation.
   b. Because, as research has shown, people who put extreme beliefs in writing tend to actually believe in them more strongly.
   c. Clearly this student is an extremist, as demonstrated by the essay he or she wrote.
   d. She has already formed a stereotype about this student, and will have difficulty adjusting it quickly.

Question 2

Recall that Taylor and Fiske (1975) conducted a clever experiment in which a group of participants observed a scripted conversation between two male confederates. Some could see both of the men; others could see the face of only one or the other man.
 
  When asked questions about the two confederates (e.g., who had taken the lead in the conversation), participants who had a clear view of both men thought they were equally influential, whereas those who faced one or the other thought that the man whose face they saw was more influential. These results demonstrated that
   a. people typically go through two steps in making attributions.
   b. the fundamental attribution error applies to others, but not to ourselves.
   c. the salience of perceptual stimuli can explain how the fundamental attribution error occurs.
   d. explaining the fundamental attribution error to people makes them resistant to it.

[shailee]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C