When You Meet a New Person, Stereotypes Typically Serve to ____

question 161

Multiple Choice

When you meet a new person, stereotypes typically serve to ____. ​

• A)establish what you want that person to be like
• B)warn you about problems or dangers that the individual presents
• C)guide the assumptions that you have about the individual-which you will hold on to no matter what
• D)provide you with hypotheses to be tested about that individual

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Definitions:

Performance Improvement

The continuous effort to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of services or processes to meet or exceed expectations.

Meta-analysis

A statistical technique for summarizing the results of various studies on a specific topic into a single estimate of effect.

Randomized Control Trial (RCT)

A scientific study design that randomly assigns participants into an experimental group or a control group to measure the effect of an intervention.

Case-control Study

An observational study design that compares individuals with a specific condition or disease (cases) to individuals without the condition (controls), often used to identify factors that may contribute to a medical condition.