Unaware That Karen Is Working 40 Hours a Week, Dr

question 72

Multiple Choice

Unaware that Karen is working 40 hours a week, Dr. Johnson, her psychology instructor, thinks that Karen is lazy because she has not done her homework. Dr. Johnson's thinking BEST exemplifies which of the following?

• A) self-serving bias
• B) the false consensus effect
• C) the fundamental attribution error
• D) social loafing

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Definitions:

Depersonalizing Others

Treating individuals as if they do not possess personal qualities or individuality, often leading to a lack of empathy and objectification.

Intersectionality

A framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.

Identity Categories

Classifications of the self based on social groupings, such as gender, race, religion, and sexuality, which inform a person's self-concept and social interactions.

Social Change

The transformation of cultural, social, economic, or political structures over time within a society.