Because Janie Has More Experience with People from Her Own

question 115

Multiple Choice

Because Janie has more experience with people from her own race, she is better able to recognize people from her own race and tends to show a bias in perceiving persons from other racial and ethnic groups, which is known as

• A)the apparent-distance hypothesis.
• B)the other-race effect.
• C)color blindness.
• D)the psi phenomena.

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Definitions:

Pluralistic Ignorance

A psychological phenomenon where individuals mistakenly believe their feelings and beliefs are different from those of the group, even when others share the same views.

Bystander Apathy

A social psychological phenomenon that refers to the observation that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present, often due to the diffusion of responsibility.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of disposition or personality and underestimate the effect of situational factors in explaining other people's behavior.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes.