The Tendency to Engage in Belief Perseverance Can Be Reduced

question 78

Multiple Choice

The tendency to engage in belief perseverance can be reduced or eliminated by ____.

• A)attempting to make one's behaviors and attitudes more consistent
• B)making an effort to persuade others of one's beliefs
• C)coming up with personal examples to support one's beliefs
• D)coming up with counterarguments (i.e., arguments for "the other side")

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Definitions:

Group Cohesiveness

The extent to which members of a group feel bonded or united towards achieving a common objective or maintaining group membership.

Social Compensation

Increased effort on a collective task to compensate for other group members’ actual, perceived or anticipated lack of effort or ability.

Free-Rider Effect

A phenomenon where individuals benefit from resources or goods without contributing to the cost or effort involved in their production or provision.

Ethnomethodology

Method devised by Garfinkel, involving the violation of hidden norms to reveal their presence.