What Is Cognitive Busyness? Explain How It Affects Stereotype Activation

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Essay

What is cognitive busyness? Explain how it affects stereotype activation.

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the likelihood of obtaining the observed data, or more extreme, by chance is low if the null hypothesis is true.

True Differences

Real or actual variations observed between groups or conditions in a study, as opposed to variations caused by error or chance.

Chance Differences

Refers to variations in data that result from random factors or fluctuations, as opposed to differences caused by specific variables.

Sampling Distribution

Theoretical distribution of the frequency of all possible outcomes of a study conducted with a given sample size.