If You Show a Negative Attitude Toward Members of Another

question 227

Multiple Choice

If you show a negative attitude toward members of another group only because your friends or coworkers expect you to think about this group as they do, you are exhibiting

• A)cognitive dissonance.
• B)personal prejudice.
• C)group prejudice.
• D)discrimination.

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