In Trying to Understand Why Some Ethnic Neighborhoods Are Dominated

question 135

Multiple Choice

In trying to understand why some ethnic neighborhoods are dominated by poverty, people often infer that the residents are lazy and unmotivated. This type of inference illustrates

• A) a stable global attribution.
• B) inverse discrimination.
• C) the fundamental attribution error.
• D) a stable external attribution.

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Dalits

A term used in India and Nepal to refer to individuals historically regarded as belonging to the lowest caste in the caste system and subject to social exclusion and discrimination.

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