Because Janie Has More Experience with People from Her Own

question 544

Multiple Choice

Because Janie has more experience with people from her own race, she is better able to recognize people from her own race and tends to show a bias in perceiving persons from other racial and ethnic groups. This illustrates

• A)the apparent-distance hypothesis.
• B)the other-race effect.
• C)color blindness.
• D)the psi phenomena.

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