Linnea and Latrice Have Just Left the Movie Theatre After

question 65

Multiple Choice

Linnea and Latrice have just left the movie theatre after watching Thelma and Louise,a film that chronicles the misadventures of two close friends,one a rape survivor and the other the wife of a piggish husband; they kill a man in self-defense and run from the law.At the end of the movie,Thelma and Louise chose to drive off a cliff rather than surrender to the men who have been pursuing them.As Linnea and Latrice walk through the lobby,every man they encounter looks loutish and threatening to them.This example illustrates the power of ________ in shaping our implicit personality theories.

• A) personal experience
• B) personality heuristics
• C) schematic norms
• D) priming
• E) cultural norms

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