After MrsKeech's Doomsday Predictions Failed, Her Followers Suddenly Became Interested in in Convincing

question 243

Multiple Choice

After Mrs.Keech's doomsday predictions failed, her followers suddenly became interested in convincing others they were right.This strong need to maintain consistency in one's belief by attracting additional followers is predicted by the _____ theory.

• A)social exchange
• B)attribution
• C)cognitive dissonance
• D)compliance

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Definitions:

T Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups or the mean of one group with a known value, under the assumption of normally distributed data.

T Procedure

A statistical method used to test the mean of a population, especially useful when dealing with small sample sizes and unknown population standard deviations.

Outliers

Data points that significantly deviate from the other observations in a dataset, potentially indicating measurement error or an unusual event.

Statistical Procedure

A standard process or series of operations in statistics used for collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing data to draw conclusions or make predictions.