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DyllonKazuo

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Suppose that Tim is relatively prejudiced against college athletes (he believes that they are overly aggressive and nonintellectual), while Alex does not appear to be prejudiced against college athletes. Research suggests that Tim and Alex differ in that ____.
 
  a. Alex has less factual knowledge about college athletes than Tim does.
  b. Alex knows fewer college athletes than Tim does.
  c. Alex does not call to mind stereotypes about college athletes when he meets them, whereas Tim does.
  d. Both call to mind stereotypes about college athletes when they meet them, but Alex overrides such stereotypes with other conscious beliefs, whereas Tim does not.

Question 2

Sherryl doesn't use online automated bill payment because she wants to have control over when she pays her bills. Even when she has enough money in her account to pay her bills, though, Sherryl still spends her weekend afternoons watching television rather than paying her bills. This is consistent with the idea of ____.
 
  a. status quo bias
  b. omission bias
  c. reactance
  d. temporal gain



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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