Which situation is an example of implicit bias?

A. believing that discrimination laws should not apply to members of certain ethnic groups
B. refusing to play with members of certain ethnic groups because of out-group prejudice
C. being more likely to associate positive characteristics with one's own group than with others
D. believing that people from groups outside one's own have more positive characteristics than people in one's own group


Answer: C

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