In the Political Ads for Representative Joe Smith,the Democratic Candidate,he

Multiple Choice

In the political ads for Representative Joe Smith,the Democratic candidate,he is portrayed by the Republican-sponsored ads as being dishonest and poor at his job.Yet,the ads for Joe Smith,which are paid for by the Democratic supporters,describe him as being caring,honest,and a hard worker.The sponsors of these advertisements know that ads can affect whom voters choose on Election Day.This tendency of decision makers,the voters in this case,to be influenced by how a situation or problem is presented to them is known as ____.

A) framing bias
B) stirring the waters
C) goal displacement
D) overconfidence bias
E) the fog effect