Solve the Problem. -Two Cars Leave an Intersection. One Car Travels North; the Travels

question 71

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 12 miles, the distance between the cars was 4 miles more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How
Far had the eastbound car traveled?

• A) 20 miles
• B) 12 miles
• C) 16 miles
• D) 24 miles

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Definitions:

Benevolent Beliefs

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Justification Suppression Model

The idea that people endorse and freely express stereotypes in part to justify their own negative affective reactions to outgroup members.

Stereotype Threat Hypothesis

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System Justification Hypothesis

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