Which of the Following Is True About the Salience Effect

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the salience effect?

• A)The salience effect leads some people to perceive women less positively than they perceive white men.
• B)Salient individuals are less often the object of attention than are other members of a work group.
• C)Individuals who are salient are often perceived to be primarily responsible for outcomes.
• D)Salient individuals are evaluated in a more balanced manner unlike other individuals who are evaluated more extremely in either a positive or a negative direction.
• E)While social status is related to bias, salience is related to stereotyping.

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Definitions:

Optimal Choices

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Scarcity

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Normative

Pertaining to or expressing judgments based on values, standards, or ideals, often concerning what is right or wrong, or what ought to be.

Positive

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