Own-Race Bias May Occur Because When People Look at Same-Race

question 73

Multiple Choice

Own-race bias may occur because when people look at same-race faces, they focus on ________, whereas when they look at different-race faces, they focus on ________.

• A) the whole face all together; features one at a time
• B) individual features; the whole face all together
• C) features that distinguish individuals from each other; features that distinguish the races from each other
• D) noses and mouths; eyes

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Definitions:

Short Run

A period in which at least one input (e.g., capital) is fixed, limiting the capacity for output adjustment.

Long-Run Cost Function

An economic model that describes how production costs change over time as all inputs can be varied by the producer.

Marginal Cost Function

A mathematical relationship describing how the cost of producing one additional unit of output varies as production scale changes.

Optimal Output

The level of production that maximizes a firm's profit, where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.