Which of the following statements is NOT consistent with the social cognition approach to social psychology?

a. Human thinking and reasoning abilities involve numerous decisions every day.
b. People try to view the world as accurately as possible.
c. People tend to distort reality to make themselves look good.
d. People make errors because there is too much information to be able to process optimally.


Answer: C

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