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pragya sharda

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Allport suggested that psychologists should learn from common sense.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

In their classic study of rumor transmission, Allport and Postman found that
 
  A) often a black was reported, wrongly, to have been holding a knife.
  B) rumors increase the amount of violence, the more they are retold.
  C) eyewitnesses are more accurate than is generally believed.
  D) rumor transmission cannot be studied in the laboratory.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: TRUE

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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