Self-affirmation seems to encourage ______.
a. heuristic processing of threatening information
b. stereotype threat
c. systematic processing of threatening information
d. greater defensiveness
Ans: d
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a. semantic memory b. episodic memory c. procedural memory d. transitory memory
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