Lydia strongly believes that the President is a good man who is fighting for people like her but is being made to look bad by the liberal press.  When given a detailed list of many lies that the President has told, along with the proof that they are lies, she dismisses all of it saying “You are all just trying to make him look bad.  This is fake news.”  She is engaging in: Group of answer choices framing mental set convergent thinking belief perseverance

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Lydia strongly believes that the President is a good man who is fighting for people like her but is being made to look bad by the liberal press.  When given a detailed list of many lies that the President has told, along with the proof that they are lies, she dismisses all of it saying “You are all just trying to make him look bad.  This is fake news.”  She is engaging in:
Group of answer choices
framing
mental set
convergent thinking
belief perseverance 
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