Wegner,Coulton,and Wenzlaff (1985) had participants read 25 pairs of suicide notes and try to figure out which note of each pair was actually written by a person considering committing suicide.The participants were given feedback about their accuracy,subsequently informed that the feedback was not genuine,and so forth.This research was cited as demonstrating ______.

A) belief perseverance
B) self-handicapping
C) depressive realism
D) the fundamental attribution error

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Ana Paulina Valdés García · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The research by Wegner, Coulton, and Wenzlaff (1985) is cited as demonstrating belief perseverance because participants continued to believe in their ability to distinguish between genuine and fake suicide notes even after being told that the feedback on their accuracy was not genuine. This illustrates how people maintain their beliefs despite contradictory evidence.

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