What Is a Schema

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Multiple Choice

What is a schema?

• A)It is the invisible barrier that prevents minorities and women from being promoted to top corporate positions.
• B)It is a person's preconceived notions about the nature of men and women and their traits.
• C)It is an abstract knowledge structure stored in memory, making possible the interpretation and organization of information about people, events, or situations.
• D)It is a collection of simplistic and often inaccurate beliefs about the typical characteristics of particular groups of people.
• E)It is a systematic tendency to use information about others in ways that result in biases.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that suggests a possible difference or effect, typically to be tested against a null hypothesis in statistical analysis.

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, a hypothesis that posits no effect or no difference, and the assumption that any deviations from this are due to chance.

Hypothesis Testing

A method of statistical inference used to decide whether a hypothesis about a parameter in a population is likely to be true, based on sample data.

U.S. Legal System

The U.S. Legal System is the framework of laws and institutions that govern the United States, including federal and state courts, laws, and regulations.