People Will Attack an Alternate Target Group Rather Than the Real

question 23

Multiple Choice

People will attack an alternate target group rather than the real source of their frustration when the source is either bigger and retaliatory, or ambiguous or unknown. This is the _____ explanation for prejudice.

• A) displaced aggression
• B) scapegoat
• C) outgroup
• D) projected frustration

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Definitions:

Price Level

The calculated average price across the broad spectrum of goods and services in an economy.

Investment Spending

Expenditure on capital goods used to produce other goods and services in the future.

Consumption Function

An economic formula representing the relationship between total consumption and gross national income.

Marginal Propensity to Save

The fraction of an increase in income that is saved by an individual or population, representing how savings change with changes in disposable income.