Candace Was Having Dinner with Friends When One Asked the Group

question 9

Multiple Choice

Candace was having dinner with friends when one asked the group to name Australia's capital city.Sydney popped immediately into Candace's mind as a likely answer,but she waited to see what her other friends thought was right.Some were confident that the capital city was Sydney,while others thought it might be Canberra.Consistent with the self-validation hypothesis,Candace was persuaded that ________ was the right answer because ________.

• A) Canberra; of the similarity between the city name and her own name
• B) Sydney; having "Sydney" pop into her mind so quickly made her confident it was right
• C) Canberra; having "Sydney" pop in her mind so quickly made her suspicious about whether it could be right
• D) Sydney; she recalled watching a movie set in Sydney recently

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Definitions:

Intimate Partner Violence

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