The Use of Group Membership to Provide Social Respect Produces

question 115

Multiple Choice

The use of group membership to provide social respect produces an unfortunate outcome because we may:

• A)inflate the negative aspects of our ingroup and,at the same time,devalue outgroups.
• B)come to think that our own group is better than groups to which we don't belong.
• C)start to view members of outgroups as superior to members of our group.
• D)start to prejudice members of our ingroup and inflate the positive aspects of outgroups.

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Definitions:

Output

The quantity of goods or services produced by a firm, industry, or economy in a given time period.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating the variable cost of producing each unit.

Marginal Cost

The price of manufacturing an additional unit of a product or service.

Shutdown

A short-term decision by a company to cease operations due to unfavorable market conditions, aiming to minimize losses.