"We" Have All Different Types of Personalities and Lots of Endearing

question 148

Multiple Choice

"We" have all different types of personalities and lots of endearing little quirks, whereas "they" all think and act alike. This assumption would be an example of the cognitive schema called __________

• A) mindlessness.
• B) a stereotype.
• C) a fundamental attribution error.
• D) mental set.

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