The desire to reduce cognitive ambiguity, which heightens the importance of first impressions, is called
a. the need for closure.
b. belief perseverance.
c. confirmation bias.
d. counterfactual thinking.
a
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a. retinal disparity c. subliminal motion b. motion parallax d. motion differential
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A. complex rehearsal B. systematic rehearsal C. maintenance rehearsal D. elaborative rehearsal
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a. authoritarian b. authoritative c. rejecting-neglecting d. permissive
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A. Skin color B. Huntington's chorea C. Lactose intolerance D. Polycystic kidney disease