You're the Only One in Your Class to Have Taken

question 124

Multiple Choice

You're the only one in your class to have taken a social psychology course.Thus,you are the only one to refuse to conform to you classmates' consensus that it is appropriate for salespeople to pay closer attention to African-American shoppers than to European-American shoppers.Now that you have refused to conform to their views,you

• A) reconsider your arguments for your views.
• B) experience cognitive dissonance and change your attitude to be more tolerant of the practice.
• C) soften your views and come up with examples in which the practice is acceptable.
• D) have been vindicated and your views remain the same as before.
• E) become even more convinced than before that such a practice is discriminatory.

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