When People Think of Themselves as Members of an Ingroup

question 58

Multiple Choice

When people think of themselves as members of an ingroup and think of others as members of an outgroup, they tend to

• A) discriminate in favor of ingroup members.
• B) see members of the outgroup as being very similar to one another while seeing members of the ingroup as individuals.
• C) see negative behavior performed by an ingroup member as being caused by situ- ational factors but see the same behaviors performed by an outgroup member as being caused by personal factors (such as personality).
• D) do all of the above.

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