A Televised Image of a Starving Child Had a Greater

question 46

Multiple Choice

A televised image of a starving child had a greater impact on Mr.White's perception of how widespread hunger is than did a statistical chart summarizing the worldwide scope of the problem.This suggests that his understanding of the world hunger problem was influenced by

• A) belief perseverance.
• B) an algorithm.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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