Describe Three Characteristics of Groups

question 18

Essay

Describe three characteristics of groups.

Recognize the developmental aspects of racial awareness and prejudice in children.

Comprehend the theories explaining the origins of prejudiced attitudes, including scapegoat theory.

Interpret the role of self-serving bias in attributions and social behavior.

Differentiate between implicit and explicit prejudiced attitudes and their predictive capabilities towards behavior.

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

The maximum expected difference between the true population parameter and a sample estimate of that parameter.

Estimator's Squared Bias

The squared difference between an estimator's expected value and the true value of the parameter being estimated.

Variance

The average of the squared differences from the Mean, measuring the spread between numbers in a data set.

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that serves as the best guess or most probable value of an unknown population parameter.