Regarding stereotypes and prejudice, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Stereotype threat is the anxiety caused by the fear of being judged in terms of a stereotype.
b. Because some elements of prejudice are unconscious, they are very difficult to change.
c. If evidence against their stereotype builds up, the prejudiced person is likely to change his or her stereotyped belief.
d. Stereotypes tend to simplify people into "us" and "them" categories.
c
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Techniques such as meta-analysis are useful in psychology because _________
a. they help reduce unintended changes in subjects' behavior due to cues given by the experimenter. b. they allow for the careful study of behavior in schools, workplaces, and other natural contexts. c. they provide a range of values within which the mean of a population is likely to lie. d. rarely does one study alone prove anything, and this technique analyzes data from many studies.
Members of low-cohesiveness groups are more likely than members of highly cohesive groups to be influenced by the group and to conform to group norms
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Positive psychology focuses on topics such as love and hope.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)