Once prejudices are established, they prevent us from

a. accepting more positive experiences that could reverse the damage.
b. becoming dogmatic and developing ethnocentrism.
c. future stereotyping.
d. experiencing cognitive dissonance.


ANSWER: a

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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