Several years ago, Lesley thought there was no reason for anyone to need personal technological devices like PDAs and cell phones. However, just by being around them for a few years, Lesley's attitude changed and she now even owns a cell phone. Her increasingly positive attitude toward personal technological devices demonstrates ____________.a. the mere-exposure effect.
b. systematic desensitization.
c. the actor-observer effect.
d. social referencing.

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The correct answer is letter A

The mere-exposure effect is the name given to a specific type of cognitive bias.

According to the definition of the Mere Exposure Effect, it determines the mental tendency we have, as human beings, to feel more familiar with an image as we are most often exposed to it. Finally, we ended up also developing a certain affection for it.