Sammy and Mark Watched a Ballgame Together

question 119

Multiple Choice

Sammy and Mark watched a ballgame together.Sammy favored the home team, while Mark was an avid fan of the road team.The star player for Sammy's team made a great play and started to celebrate in a rather demonstrative fashion.Sammy got caught up in the celebration, while Mark was angered because he felt this display was an insult to the players of his team.This demonstrates that

• A) two people's evaluations of the same event are more likely to be similar than to be different.
• B) we often interpret events and behavior based upon pre-existing attitudes.
• C) central route processing leads to stronger opinions than peripheral route processing.
• D) we can hold both positive and negative evaluations about the same object.

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Definitions:

Grossly Unfair

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Illegal Contract

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Breach

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