Loyalty and provincialism are related to prejudice.

Strategies for Decision Making

Question 1Loyalty and provincialism are related to prejudice.

Question 2Loyalty inclines us to see our own society and its beliefs in a more favorable light than the evidence may warrant.

Question 3Prejudice makes it easy and natural for us to believe what most others in our society believe.

Question 4Superstitions are beliefs supported by a large amount of evidence.

Question 5Pseudoscientific beliefs are those that help us deal successfully with everyday problems.

Question 6Rationalization, suppression, and denial are three forms of

Question 7Others who can be blamed for our own trouble and mistakes are known as

Question 8Believing what we want to believe despite stronger evidence to the contrary is known as

Question 9Viewing everything in terms of an “us against them” mindset is known as

Question 10Putting off until tomorrow what ought to be done today is known as