Booyoung believes that all Irish people have pale skin, speak with thick accents, and like corned beef and potatoes. She also believes that all motorcycle riders wear leather jackets. Booyoung is displaying ____.?
a. ?the fundamental attribution error
b. ?displacement
c. ?stereotypes
d. ?prejudice
ANSWER:
c
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a. an action potential. b. a synaptic gap. c. a resting potential. d. a postsynaptic potential.
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a. take popular stands. b. argue against their own interests. c. talk slowly and deliberately. d. are well-dressed.
Bettina was diagnosed with schizophrenia in the late 1960s and placed on Haldol (haloperidol). Bettina lived a relatively normal life until recently, when she began uncontrollably thrusting out her tongue, grotesquely squinching her face, and flailing her arms and legs. It appears that Bettina has developed ____
a. ?mania b. ?tardive dyskinesia c. ?Parkinson's syndrome. d. ?muscular dystrophy
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