The tendency for one's preexisting opinions to distort logical reasoning is known as:
a. belief bias.
b. functional fixedness.
c. framing.
d. the availability heuristic.
e. linguistic relativity.
Answer: a. belief bias.
Psychology
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A) centering. B) seriation. C) animism. D) egocentrism.
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Bandura found that the effects of viewing violent television differed depending on children's
A) pre-existing aggressive tendencies. B) ethnicity. C) gender. D) NONE of the above.
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