Frank Has Started Working in an Office Recently Where Mary

question 45

Multiple Choice

Frank has started working in an office recently where Mary has worked for several years. Mary is prejudiced against Jewish people, and Frank just happens to be Jewish. While eating her lunch at work one day, Mary noticed that Frank had saved his lunch bag after eating rather than throwing it in the trash. "How cheap can you get?" Mary thinks. "Those Jews won't spend a nickel if they don't have to!" What Mary doesn't know is that Frank is an avid environmentalist who tries to recycle as many resources as he can. Mary's comment is an example of:

• A) scapegoating
• B) the psychology of inevitability
• C) the ultimate attribution error
• D) the self-fulfilling prophecy

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