A preconceived negative feeling about a group and its members is called:
A. stereotype
B. discrimination
C. sexism
D. prejudice
Answer: D. prejudice
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a. self-enhancement; self-protection b. self-enhancement; self-esteem c. self-protection self-enhancement d. self-protection; self-esteem
You are driving to school and notice that there is an injured dog lying on the side of the road—presumably the victim of a hit-and-run. You are in a very busy part of town, however, so you decide that your help probably isn't needed (someone else will attend to the dog and call for help, if they haven't already). Social psychologists would say that ____ prevented you from helping in this case
a. belief in a just world b. diffusion of responsibility c. the Good Samaritan effect d. the commons dilemma
The side effects of __________ include slower physical growth and a higher risk of depression.
A. Ritalin B. Valium C. a vaccination D. an antibiotic
The difference in scores that occurs when we test a sample drawn out of the population is ______.
a. sampling error b. stratified error c. cluster error d. independent error