An Unjustifiable and Usually Negative Attitude Toward a Group and Its

question 166

Multiple Choice

An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members is called

• A) social scripts.
• B) ingroup bias.
• C) discrimination.
• D) prejudice.

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Definitions:

Rescorla And Wagner

Psychologists who developed a model explaining how the strength of a stimulus-response association is determined in classical conditioning.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biologically predisposed patterns.

Biologically Predisposed

Being biologically predisposed means having an increased likelihood of developing certain characteristics, behaviors, or diseases due to genetic factors.

Learned Habits

Behaviors acquired through repetition and reinforcement, becoming automatic responses to specific situations.