What Is the Difference Between Implicit and Explicit Racial Attitudes

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Essay

What is the difference between implicit and explicit racial attitudes? Describe the U.S. population's current attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities. When are Whites most likely to demonstrate prejudice at the micro level?

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Definitions:

Quantity Purchased

The total amount of a good or service bought by consumers at a specific price level.

Income Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, holding everything else constant.

College Income

The earnings received from work or investments by someone who is attending college or the revenue generated by colleges through tuition, donations, and grants.

Cross-Price Elasticity

A measure indicating how the demand for one product changes in response to a price change of another product.