The Goal-Based Approach Suggests That One Effective Strategy for Reducing

question 82

Multiple Choice

The goal-based approach suggests that one effective strategy for reducing prejudice is to

• A) activate goals that are incompatible with prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
• B) put people in a situation where their goal is to make judgments as quickly as possible.
• C) put people in situations where they have to compete against the other group.
• D) teach people the true facts about members of other groups.

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Definitions:

Z-test

A method of statistical analysis that evaluates whether there is a significant difference between the means of two populations, given known variances and a large sample size.

µ = 109

Represents the mean (µ) of a dataset or distribution, here specifically stated as 109.

Z-statistic

A specific kind of norm score that shows the number of standard deviations by which an individual item deviates from the distribution's average.

Critical Value

The threshold in a statistical test that defines the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis.