The belief that every member of a given group must share some common feature-a belief that ignores the individuality of the group members-is called a(n)

A. attribution
B. stereotype
C. discrimination
D. social loafing


Ans: B. stereotype

Psychology

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Francois is at a bar and asks a beautiful woman for her phone number. Suppose the woman rebuffs him and calls him a creep. Which of the following responses BEST exemplifies the outgroup homogeneity bias?

a. Francois thinks, "Why can't women be more like men?" b. Francois thinks, "Women—they're all the same!" c. Francois thinks, "Women are so mysterious and hard to understand." d. Francois thinks, "I am annoyed with all women at this point—not just this one."

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Matilda asks Becky, “How was your spring break?” As Becky describes her vacation, she begins to feel guilty because she subconsciously recalls how her parents criticized her for taking a trip instead of getting caught up in her studies. Becky's recollection of her vacation is an example of a(n) ____ memory, and her feeling of guilt is an example of a(n) ____ memory.?

a. ?implicit; explicit b. ?semantic; episodic c. ?episodic; semantic d. ?explicit; implicit

Psychology

The knowledge of one's own thoughts, feelings, and memories without the use of sensory organs is known as _____

A) selective attention B) direct inner awareness C) regularization D) countertransference

Psychology

Sam had been sick since he was a young child. He was rushed to the hospital by his desperately concerned mother. Although his mother was praised by the hospital personnel for her attentiveness, the doctors discovered that the mother had been injecting her son with 7-up to make him sick so she could get attention and sympathy from medical personnel and be considered a "concerned, devoted" mother

Sam's mother would most likely be diagnosed with a. Munchausen syndrome by proxy. b. an obsessive-compulsive disorder. c. Prader-Willis syndrome. d. a conversion disorder.

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