The study by Balcetis and Dunning (2006) in which participants thought that they were taking part in a taste-testing experiment showed that people

a. tend to see what they want to see.
b. prefer orange juice to greenish drink.
c. have perceptions that are objective analyses of the facts.
d. are unlikely to make self-serving attributions.


a

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