Which of the Following Was NOT Mentioned in the Text

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the text discussion of the roots of prejudice?

• A) people's tendency to overestimate the similarity of people within groups
• B) people's tendency to assume that exceptional, or especially memorable, individuals are unlike the majority of members of a group
• C) people's tendency to assume that the world is just and that people get what they deserve
• D) people's tendency to discriminate against those they view as "outsiders"

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, showing how much the values differ from the mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numerical values, calculated as the sum of the values divided by the number of values.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the number of quantities.

Point Estimate

A single value estimate of a population parameter that serves as the best guess or prediction of the parameter.