All of the Following Are True About How Stereotypes Affect

question 97

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about how stereotypes affect judgment EXCEPT which statement?

• A)Categorization increases the perceived homogeneity of outgroup members.
• B)Stereotypes can be activated automatically.
• C)Stereotypes influence behavioral interpretation.
• D)Disconfirming evidence causes people to abandon stereotypes.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Principles

Fundamental concepts or rules that underlie patterns of behavior, often used in psychology to explain and predict human actions.

Conditioned Stimuli

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimuli

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with consequences.