What Term Do Social Psychologists Use for the Process of Making

question 137

Multiple Choice

What term do social psychologists use for the process of making people in an out-group responsible for the problems of people in the in-group?

• A) groupthink
• B) pariah formation
• C) deindividuation
• D) scapegoating

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Definitions:

Nondisjunction

A genetic anomaly during cell division where chromosomes fail to separate properly, leading to gametes with abnormal numbers of chromosomes.

XY Pair

Refers to the male sex chromosomes in humans and most other mammals where XY denotes a male genotype.

Reciprocal Translocation

A genetic phenomenon where parts of two different chromosomes exchange places without changing the total amount of genetic material.

Homologous Chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes in a diploid organism that are similar in shape, size, and genetic content but may carry different alleles.