Social Scientists Have Argued That We Use Stereotypes

question 19

Multiple Choice

Social scientists have argued that we use stereotypes:

• A)as a shortcut to save cognitive energy.
• B)due to peer pressure.
• C)because people really do not care to know about the facts.
• D)because people are poor observers.

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Definitions:

Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

A single rate used to allocate factory overhead costs to products, calculated by dividing total overhead costs by a base, usually total direct labor hours or machine hours.

Direct Labor Hours

The total hours worked by employees that can be directly associated with the production of goods or services.

Single Plantwide Overhead Rate

A cost allocation method that applies the same overhead rate to all products, regardless of the department where they were produced or the amount of overhead they actually incurred.

Machine Hours

A metric used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to individual products based on the number of hours the machines are run to produce them.