According to the Social Cognition Approach to Stereotypes, We Form

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to the social cognition approach to stereotypes, we form stereotypes primarily

• A) because of our normal cognitive processes.
• B) because we dislike certain categories of people.
• C) because we feel guilty, and we want to blame other categories of people for some problems.
• D) because of factors that evolutionary psychology can explain.

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Definitions:

Inputs

Resources such as labor, capital, and materials used in the production process to create an output.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by adding one more unit of a specific input while holding all other inputs constant.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded.

Labor

Utilization of human physical and mental capabilities in the generation of goods and services.