When Asked to Imagine Someone Who Fits the Description "Construction

question 89

Multiple Choice

When asked to imagine someone who fits the description "construction worker," many people picture a man in a hard hat and work clothes. Such mental images of a group of people are examples of ___________.

• A) prejudices
• B) stereotypes
• C) evaluations
• D) scripts

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on a statistical distribution that represents a threshold beyond which observations are considered to be statistically significant.

Two-Tailed Tests

Statistical hypothesis tests that consider the possibility of both positive and negative deviations from the null hypothesis.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a statistical distribution that are compared with test statistics to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Upper

Often pertaining to the higher part or section of something; or can refer to a level or boundary that is more than what is typical or usual.