The Author of Chapter 16 ("Classroom")advises That If Your Instructor

question 29

Multiple Choice

The author of Chapter 16 ("Classroom") advises that if your instructor introduces evidence to support a position about an issue that conflicts with your own views on the issue,you should try to think of reasons why the position supported by the instructor might be correct and reasons why your position might be wrong.This advice is aimed,in particular,at minimizing problems associated with ______.

• A) the fundamental attribution error
• B) social categorization
• C) the self-serving bias
• D) belief perseverance

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