Question

A baseball manager who clings to old strategies that are ineffective, a lawyer who selects juries according to false stereotypes, and a political leader who does not withdraw support for a failing program are all exhibiting:________.a) belief perseverance.b) confirmatory hypothesis testing.c) the fundamental attribution error.d) need for closure.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Belief perseverance

Belief perseverance is the tendency to maintain one’s beliefs even in the face of evidence that contradicts them. We see this tendency with all kinds of beliefs, including those about the self and others, as well as beliefs about the way the world works, including prejudices and stereotypes

A baseball manager who clings to old strategies that are ineffective, a lawyer who selects juries according to false stereotypes, and a political leader who does not withdraw support for a failing program are all exhibiting belief perseverance. All this examples show an attitude of maintaing the stasus quo even when ideas, stategies have moved on .

Answer 2

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Belief perseverance is the tendency of a person to cling on to a particular belief despite new information or evidences that discredit such belief. Such beliefs perseverance are most times logical and may be of various types such as self impression, social impression and naive theories.