Question

When white-nationalist group Citizens for Constitutional Freedom occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016, they expected support from the public in terms of both praise and material support. They were surprised to receive neither; most people disagreed with their politics, philosophy and actions. This is an example of:_________

a. Base rate information.
b. False consensus effect.
c. Political pedagogy.
c. Consensus.

Answer 1

The right response will be Option b (False consensus effect).

Step-by-step explanation:

• The interpretation of the False Consensus Effect here is that whenever an individual thinks and feels that perhaps the amount of people expressing their interests, despises, perspectives and views would be dependent on their assessment or reasoning mechanism and therefore these individuals presume that perhaps the approach they assess things is equal to other individuals.
• The concept is considered as a false consensus effect since whenever it applies to certain views of other individuals, the views and reasoning described above emerges across as 'false agreement'.

Other options were never connected to the situation in question. So, the solution here is just the right one.