Stereotypes Are Mental Conceptions That Can Strongly Influence the Way

question 236

Multiple Choice

Stereotypes are mental conceptions that can strongly influence the way we interpret the behaviors of individuals belonging to specific racial or ethnic groups. A stereotype is most similar to a

• A) feature detector.
• B) perceptual adaptation.
• C) perceptual set.
• D) difference threshold.

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Definitions:

Federal Government

The national government of a federation, such as the United States, which holds the authority to govern a nation as a whole, distinct from state or local governments.

Slaves

People forced into servitude, deprived of personal freedom.

Harriet Tubman

An American abolitionist and political activist who escaped slavery and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

Underground Railroad

A network of secret routes and safe houses used in the United States during the early to mid-19th century to help enslaved African Americans escape to free states and Canada.