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What is the main characteristic of motivated reasoning?
What is the main characteristic of motivated reasoning?
- The tendency to be objective and unbiased
- The ability to win an argument with ease
- The willingness to admit one's mistakes
- The tendency to come to conclusions that make one feel good (correct)
What is the name of the effect where people tend to believe they are above average in valued domains?
What is the name of the effect where people tend to believe they are above average in valued domains?
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect
- The Holier Than Thou Effect
- The Above-Average Effect
- The Lake Wobegon Effect (correct)
What is the term for the tendency to believe that one is more moral than others?
What is the term for the tendency to believe that one is more moral than others?
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect
- The Pygmalion Effect
- The Above-Average Effect
- The Holier Than Thou Effect (correct)
What is the name of the bias that involves searching for information that confirms one's prior beliefs?
What is the name of the bias that involves searching for information that confirms one's prior beliefs?
What is the term for the phenomenon where people's expectations about a target's behavior creates that behavior among the target?
What is the term for the phenomenon where people's expectations about a target's behavior creates that behavior among the target?
What are the two universal dimensions of social cognition?
What are the two universal dimensions of social cognition?
What is the concept that describes the phenomenon where people experience psychological discomfort due to holding contradictory beliefs or experiencing a conflict between beliefs and reality?
What is the concept that describes the phenomenon where people experience psychological discomfort due to holding contradictory beliefs or experiencing a conflict between beliefs and reality?
What is the name of the researcher who conducted the study on cognitive dissonance, known as 'When Prophecy Fails'?
What is the name of the researcher who conducted the study on cognitive dissonance, known as 'When Prophecy Fails'?
What is the term for when people behave in a way that confirms their expectations about someone?
What is the term for when people behave in a way that confirms their expectations about someone?
What is the term for the strong tendency to maintain cognitive consistency?
What is the term for the strong tendency to maintain cognitive consistency?
According to the 'When Prophecy Fails' study, what happens to people's beliefs when a prophecy fails to come true?
According to the 'When Prophecy Fails' study, what happens to people's beliefs when a prophecy fails to come true?
What is the method people use to resolve cognitive dissonance, according to Festinger's theory?
What is the method people use to resolve cognitive dissonance, according to Festinger's theory?
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