At Thanksgiving dinner, Rachel, a Ph.D. student in economics, gets into a conversation with her father about the current state of the economy and income inequality
He claims that the top-down policies under Reagan in the 1980s, known as "trickle down" economics, are what this country needs. Rachel stresses that current research shows that this type of economic distribution hurts those that are not in the top one percent of earners. Afterward, she sends her father links to academic studies, popular essays, and YouTube videos that explore this topic. The next week, her father is even more resolute in his conviction than ever. The father's behavior is a form of ________. a) systematic processing
b) selective avoidance
c) reactance
d) fear avoidance
c
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a. category membership is determined by the particular set of core features an object possesses b. each new object is compared to the best or most representative member of the category c. each new object is compared to the existing members of the category d. each new object must possess all the necessary features to be considered acceptable members of a category
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a. supplying b. terminating c. surveying d. elaborating