10:41 PM 33% 7) The idea that our judgments are biased by the motivations that a

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10:41 PM 33% 7) The idea that our judgments are biased by the motivations that are salient (apparent) at that particular moment is referred to as: a. perceptual goals b. evaluative reasoning c. goal-directed evaluations d. motivated reasoning 8) Studies show that the impact of education on attitudes about homosexuality seems to primarily have an impact on heterosexual , and it results inchange a. females, significant, heterosexual males b. males, significant, heterosexual females c. females; little, heterosexual males d. males; little, heterosexual females

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Ans 7 d) Motivated reasoning

Motivated reasoning refers to the decision making that is emotion based and takes into consideration the motivation and attitude of the person .

These judgements mitigate the cognitive dissonance and people cling to the false beliefs irrespective of the strong and overwhelming evidences lying infront.

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