Question

Kelly has just been involved with a car accident, now every time she gets into her car, she believes that she is much more likely to be involved in a car accident that she had previously thought. 2. Stacey has been watching the presidential debates to be sure that she is a well- informed voter regarding the issues of the upcoming election. Stacy identifies as a Republican. As she watches the debate, the Democratic candidate makes some very good points, however, Stacy is unable to move from her negative views of the candidates and after the debate her opinion of both candidates has not moved very far from her original thoughts. What method of problem solving is Stacey using?

Answer 1

Answer: Analogy

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a method of comparing two situation in order for problem to be solved. Stacey is a Republican and impressed by the speech a Democrat candidate. She tries to compare the salient points of the candidates to negative

Answer 2

Anchoring bias

Step-by-step explanation:

Stacey was unable to change her mind even in the face of new opportunity to as a result of the good points raised by the democratic candidate demonstrated anchoring bias which is define as a cognitive bias where one's initial decision or judgement hinders one from moving very far from contradictory information even when this information is quite striking or wort considering.