We grant a certain latitude towards acceptance or rejection of new ideas about an object for which we already hold an opinion.The tendency to characterize ideas falling in the area of rejection as farther from our position than they actually are results in a/an ________ effect.
A) assimilation
B) contrast
C) distortion
D) dissonance

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The contrast effect refers to the tendency to perceive ideas that are contrary to our own as more different than they actually are, leading to rejection.

We Grant a Certain Latitude Towards Acceptance or Rejection of New