Meera Is a Student at Wits

question 97

Multiple Choice

Meera is a student at Wits.When asked to describe the average Wits student, she says it is almost impossible to do so because 'there are so many different kinds of people at Wits; the diversity is really amazing.' By contrast, when asked to describe the average USC student, UCT says: 'That's easy; they're all almost exactly the same.' Social psychologists would say that Meera is displaying what is known as the ____.

• A)discontinuity effect
• B)scapegoat effect
• C)minimal group effect
• D)outgroup homogeneity bias

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Definitions:

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities involved in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, and retrieval of knowledge.

Modeling Therapy

A therapeutic technique involving learning through the observation and replication of others.

Unconscious Resistances

Psychological mechanisms that operate without an individual's awareness to block uncomfortable or distressing thoughts and feelings from entering consciousness.

Self-efficacy

An individual's belief in their own ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.