Which of the Following Is NOT an Example of a Microaggression

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a microaggression against an out-group

• A) A white person provides friendlier service to white customers than to black customers. 
• B) A white person will not sit on the bus next to a black individual. 
• C) A man assumes a woman cannot do math. 
• D) A man is courteous to a woman on the bus who is carrying multiple packages and attempting to hold on to her child's hand.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

In classical conditioning, a procedure in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already established conditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

Spontaneous recovery is a phenomenon in psychology where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Little Albert

An early 20th-century experiment in psychology demonstrating classical conditioning by inducing a fear response in a young child to previously neutral stimuli.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.