Macy Really Wants the Cool New Jacket She Has Just

question 179

Multiple Choice

Macy really wants the cool new jacket she has just seen in the store, but she does not have enough money to buy it. For a second, she thinks about stealing the jacket but decides that while stealing is not wrong, she might get punished if she is caught. Macy's moral reasoning appears to be at Kohlberg's _____ level.

• A) preconventional
• B) conventional
• C) postconventional
• D) unconventional

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Definitions:

Stereotype Threat

This phenomenon occurs when individuals are at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group, which can adversely affect their performance in various domains.

Racial Bias Effect

The influence of race on judgments and behaviors, often leading to unfair treatment and prejudice towards racial outgroups.

Linguistic Intergroup Bias

A tendency to describe stereotypic behaviors (positive ingroup and negative outgroup) in abstractterms while describing counterstereotypic behaviors (negative ingroup and positive outgroup) inconcrete terms.

Counterstereotypic Behaviors

Actions or behaviors that go against common stereotypes or societal expectations associated with a particular group.