It Is Not at All Unusual for the Officers at Police

question 10

Multiple Choice

It is not at all unusual for the officers at Police Station 54 to observe their colleagues using confrontational interview techniques.Even though they do not personally like the technique,many officers believe that the practice is widely approved of by others and expected of them.This is an example of

• A)pluralistic ignorance.
• B)fundamental attribution error.
• C)a contemporary legend.
• D)conformity.
• E)the autokinetic effect.

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Definitions:

Inference Forms

Structured patterns of reasoning or argumentation that derive conclusions from premises based on logical principles.

MP

Abbreviation for "Modus Ponens," a logical argument form where from premises 'If P then Q' and 'P,' one can conclude 'Q.'

CD

A compact disc, a digital optical disc data storage format used for storing digital data.

DD

A commonly used abbreviation with multiple meanings, contextually dependent, such as "Due Diligence" in finance or "Double Density" in computing storage.