Which of the following statements is true regarding a contrast effect?
A) It attributes success to internal factors and blames failure on external factors.
B) It involves judging a person on the basis of perception of the group to which he or she belongs.
C) It involves evaluation of a person's features based on comparison with another person.
D) It indicates a tendency to draw a general conclusion about a person on the basis of one feature.
E) It indicates a tendency to fixate on initial information and fail to accept subsequent data.
C
Explanation: C) Contrast effect is the evaluation of a person's characteristics that is affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.
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