Scapegoat Theory Proposes That ____

question 139

Multiple Choice

Scapegoat theory proposes that ____.

• A)people are far less likely to take credit when they encounter successes than they are to take the blame when they encounter failures
• B)people blame their problems and misfortunes on outgroups and therefore hold negative attitudes toward those outgroups
• C)people pay more attention to information that supports their existing views than they do to information that disconfirms their existing views
• D)compared to positive stereotypes, negative stereotypes are more easily adopted and have greater staying power

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An index showing the degree of spread or variability among a collection of numbers.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the statistical analysis of data, that is likely to include the true population parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Sample

A subset of individuals or observations from a population used to estimate parameters or statistics of the whole population.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing them up and dividing by the number of summands.