How do expectancies and biases impact people?s selectivity of information?

What will be an ideal response?


People tend to attend to information that supports their specific biases.

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The effect of a given message is known as the

A. Illocutionary act B. Perlocutionary act C. Locutionary act D. Speech movement

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As Tom selects references for his presentation, his goal is

source credibility. Which source would be defined as the least credible? a. New York Times b. Wall Street Journal c. National Enquirer d. The Economist e. Fortune Magazine

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Which is the correct order for Tuckman's five group development stages?

a) Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning b) Forming, norming, performing, storming, adjourning c) Norming, forming, storming, performing, adjourning d) Norming, storming, performing, forming, adjourning e) Storming, norming, forming, performing, adjourning

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The inability to engage in emotional communication is called ___________ _

a. dyssemia b. dysphasia c. reticence d. anger

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