An awareness of extensive cultural differences in attitudes and values is most helpful for avoiding ____________?
Correct answer: D. the false consensus effect
- A. replication
- B. random sampling
- C. the hindsight bias
- D. the false consensus effect
Explanation
Recognizing cultural variation helps prevent the false consensus effect, the tendency to assume that other people share our attitudes and values. Replication and random sampling are research concepts, while hindsight bias concerns seeing past events as predictable after they occur.
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