Self-study
Sharon heard her favorite novelist speak out against a political candidate that Sharon has supported for years. ██ █ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ███████
Summary
Sharon heard her favorite author criticize a political candidate that she had supported for years. As a result, Sharon’s opinion of the author declined, while her opinion of the candidate remained the same.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Someone who hears an opinion that counters a long-held belief will doubt the source rather than question their held belief.
14.
The situation described above conforms ████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████
a
Artists who speak ███ ██ █████████ ███████ ████ ████ █████████ ████ █████ █████ ████ █████████ █████
There is no support for whether an artist’s most dedicated fans will be influenced. The stimulus just says that Sharon was not influenced.
b
A political statement ████ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ███████████ █ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ██████ ███ █████████████ ████████ ██ █████████
There is no justification given for when an artist should give a political statement.
c
Artists should limit █████ ██████ █████████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ █████
There is no support for when an artist should or should not give a political statement.
d
Someone who hears █████████ ████ ███████████ █ █████████████ ███████ ████ █████████ █████████ ██████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████
Sharon’s longstanding support for a political candidate outweighs the opinion of her favorite author. As a result, Sharon’s opinion of the author declines (doubts the testimony of the source) instead of challenging her own beliefs.
e
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There is no information about how long Sharon supported her favorite author, so this comparative statement cannot be made.