Research on Categorization Shows That

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Multiple Choice

Research on categorization shows that

• A) White people are more accurate at categorizing Black faces than are Asian or Latinx people.
• B) people are faster at categorizing Black people who have lighter skin tones.
• C) people are generally unaware that they use information about another's proto- typicality in making judgments of them.
• D) people are faster at categorization when they are instructed not to focus on another's prototypical features.

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Definitions:

Tingling

A sensation of slight prickling, stinging, or numbness, often indicating a minor irritation or the beginning of a sensory experience.

Somatosensory Cortex

A region of the brain in the parietal lobe that processes sensory information from the body, including touch, temperature, and pain.

Parietal Lobes

Lobes at the top of the brain’s cerebral cortex; they contain areas that receive information on pressure, pain, touch, and temperature as well as handle attention and awareness of spatial relationships.

Pressure

The force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.