What Term Do Social Psychologists Use for the Process of Making

question 137

Multiple Choice

What term do social psychologists use for the process of making people in an out-group responsible for the problems of people in the in-group?

• A) groupthink
• B) pariah formation
• C) deindividuation
• D) scapegoating

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Definitions:

Bright

Having high intelligence or quick intellectual capacity.

Perceptual Set

A psychological predisposition or readiness to perceive certain features of the environment while ignoring others.

Relative Luminance

A measure of the amount of light that comes from a source or is reflected by a surface, compared to the amount of light coming from a reference source.

Shape Constancy

The perceptual phenomenon by which we recognize objects as having a constant shape despite changes in the angle of vision, distance, and lighting.