At a Conscious Level,Aaron Doesn't Think He's Prejudiced

question 128

Multiple Choice

At a conscious level,Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced.Yet he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations in which he has to interact with people of different races from his own.Aaron's experience best illustrates the distinction between

• A) blaming the victim and hindsight bias.
• B) hindsight bias and scapegoat theory.
• C) explicit and implicit attitudes.
• D) scapegoat theory and ingroup bias.

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Definitions:

Critical Value(s)

Critical values are key points used to determine the region of rejection for a null hypothesis in statistical testing, ensuring the test's validity under specific confidence levels.

Non-directional

A hypothesis that does not specify the direction of the expected difference or relationship, indicating only that there is a difference.

Z-statistic

A numerical indicator that shows how a specific value compares to the average of a dataset, expressed as the number of standard deviations away from the mean.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the area of rejection is on both sides of the sampling distribution, allowing for testing in both directions.