Being Persistently Stereotyped, Perceived as Deviant, or Devalued in Society

question 55

Multiple Choice

Being persistently stereotyped, perceived as deviant, or devalued in society because of membership in a particular social group or because of a particular characteristic is the definition of being

• A) subliminally presented.
• B) ambivalent.
• C) threatened.
• D) stigmatized.

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Definitions:

MC

Short for Marginal Cost, it is the change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit; it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good.

AVC

Average Variable Cost, the cost of labor or material that changes with the level of output or production.

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the per unit cost of production.

Diminishing Returns

A rule which posits that when investment in a specific sector grows, the profit rate from that investment will not continue to rise past a certain threshold if all other factors are kept unchanged.