We Grant a Certain Latitude Towards Acceptance or Rejection of New

question 116

Multiple Choice

We grant a certain latitude towards acceptance or rejection of new ideas about an object for which we already hold an opinion.The tendency to characterize ideas falling in the area of rejection as farther from our position than they actually are results in a/an ________ effect.

• A) assimilation
• B) contrast
• C) distortion
• D) dissonance

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