For most people, going to college requires sacrificing immediate comforts and pleasures for the sake of a better future life. That is, for most people, college is ____.
a. an exercise in delay of gratification
b. a way to avoid natural selection
c. an example of how the automatic mind supersedes the conscious mind
d. an example of peace versus war psychology
Question 2
Which of the following is the best example of belief perseverance?
a. Terrence supports the war in Iraq. He does not like to watch any TV programming that is critical of the war.
b. Charlie believes his MP3 player is in the medicine cabinet. Even after he has looked absolutely everywhere in the cabinet and found no evidence whatsoever of the player, he continues to believe this.
c. Krista believes in ghosts. She says that she has seen them, and refuses to listen to anyone who wants to tell her otherwise.
d. Although her chances of winning are extremely slim, Eve continues to hope that one day she will win the lottery.
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