Projection Occurs When

question 26

Multiple Choice

Projection occurs when

• A) attributes are assigned to an individual solely on the basis of his or her membership in a particular social or demographic group.
• B) people generalize about a variety of attributes based on the knowledge of one attribute of an individual.
• C) the perceiver singles out certain information that supports or reinforces a prior belief and filters out information that does not confirm that belief.
• D) people assign to others the characteristics or feelings that they possess themselves.
• E) All of the answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Status Frustration

A concept in sociology referring to the dissatisfaction or angst that arises from being unable to achieve socially approved goals through legitimate means.

Goal-Means Gap

A theory in sociology that explains deviance as the discrepancy between socially approved goals and individuals' ability to achieve these goals through legitimate means.

Positivist Theory

A school of thought in sociology that asserts that societal behaviors and phenomena should be studied through empirical observation and the scientific method.

Phenomenological Theory

A philosophical approach that emphasizes the study of conscious experience from the first-person perspective, aiming to understand the essence of phenomena.