According to Research on Prejudice and Self-Regulation, Which of the Following

question 134

Multiple Choice

According to research on prejudice and self-regulation, which of the following people would likely perform the BEST on a self-regulation task?

• A)Penny, a highly prejudiced white woman who has just been talking with a group of black people
• B)Roscoe, a highly prejudiced Coloured man who has just been talking with other Coloured men
• C)Richard, a fairly unprejudiced Chinese man who has just been talking with a group of Indian South Africans
• D)Peter, a fairly unprejudiced white man who has just been talking with other white people

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, which increases or decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A learning mechanism in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Rewards

Incentives or positive reinforcements given to encourage certain behaviors or outcomes.

Punishments

Consequences applied with the intention of reducing or eliminating undesirable behaviors.