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karlynnae

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________ is a tendency to search for information that reaffirms individuals' own beliefs, thus entrenching them further in their own prejudices.
 
  A) Attenuation bias
  B) Confirmation bias
  C) Attentional bias
  D) Negativity bias

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It would have been very difficult to clean up Lake Erie some years ago without government participation primarily because
 
  A) environmental improvements benefit everyone and should therefore be financed from taxes.
  B) the lake is a navigable body of water.
  C) the lake is officially public property.
  D) the pursuit of profit will cause environmental deterioration.
  E) too many people could benefit without helping to pay the cost of the cleanup.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

E




karlynnae

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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