Encouraging People to Elaborate on Why Their Own Personal Views

question 178

Multiple Choice

Encouraging people to elaborate on why their own personal views on an issue are correct is most likely to promote

• A) divergent thinking.
• B) the framing effect.
• C) insight.
• D) belief perseverance.

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