Rudolph is highly prejudiced against homeless people, and frequently blames them for societal problems—even when he has no evidence to support his claims. According to Rudolph, the homeless are responsible for high crime rates, high property values, high taxes, and even high movie theater ticket prices. Given this information, it would appear that Rudolph treats the homeless as ____
a. salients
b. stigmas by association
c. scapegoats
d. heuristics
C
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a. the semantic differential. b. irregular usage of syntax. c. heuristics. d. transformation rules.