Stereotypes Are

question 141

Multiple Choice

Stereotypes are:

• A) generally only applied to a dominant groups within any society.
• B) oversimplified statements of belief about members of a particular group.
• C) understood to apply only to a few members of any particular group.
• D) generalizations about minorities groups by the dominant group.

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Definitions:

Unobtrusive Measures

Research methods that do not require direct interaction with participants, minimizing the potential for the researcher's presence to influence the results.

Demand Characteristics

Cues in an experiment that suggest to participants what the experimenter expects to find or how participants are expected to behave.

Demand Characteristic

Features of an experimental setting that cause participants to guess the purpose of the study and change their behavior.

Experimenter Expectancy

The phenomenon where the biases and expectations of the experimenter unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment.