Several students sitting together in a student lounge studying for an exam might be perceived as a study group based on the rule of __________

a) interpretation
b) contrast
c) proximity
d) attribution


Answer: c

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When we are exposed to speakers with different views, we use ________ to focus on those ideas that

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