Noah, an anthropologist, conducts a psychology experiment with a group of Black participants. The participants are shown images of individuals belonging to different ethnic groups on a projector screen. After an hour, the participants are shown the photographs of the same individuals as shown earlier. Noah notices that the participants recognize the faces of Blacks in the photographs better than the faces of the individuals of other ethnicities. In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice, this scenario exemplifies ________.
A. an illusory correlation
B. an own-race bias
C. hostile sexism
D. modern prejudice
Answer: B
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