The Salience Effect Is the Tendency to

question 98

Multiple Choice

The salience effect is the tendency to

• A)perceive others who are like ourselves more positively than we perceive people who are different.
• B)focus attention on individuals who are conspicuously different from others in a group.
• C)perceive individuals with a higher position in the social hierarchy more positively than we perceive those with a lower position in the social hierarchy.
• D)perceive individuals with disabilities as noncontributors to society.
• E)focus attention on individuals who see themselves more positively than others around them.

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Definitions:

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The practice of selling a product in a foreign market at a price below its production cost or domestic price, often aimed at gaining market share or driving out competition.

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