Removal of the Legal Prohibition Against Interracial Marriage in the United

question 14

Multiple Choice

Removal of the legal prohibition against interracial marriage in the United States came in

• A) 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
• B) 1863, with the freeing of slaves.
• C) 1954, in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
• D) 1967, with a Supreme Court decision that declared a Virginia law unconstitutional.

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Definitions:

Illusory Correlation

Cognitive exaggeration of the degree of co-occurrence of two stimuli or events, or the perception of a co-occurrence where none exists.

External Attribution

The process of attributing the cause of one's own or another's behavior to factors outside the individual, such as the situation or environment.

Just World

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair and that justice prevails, leading individuals to rationalize injustices or victimization.

Actor-Observer Effect

A cognitive bias in which people tend to attribute their own actions to external circumstances but the actions of others to inherent traits.