Alice's idealized schema for how a doctor should look is that a doctor should be an older male, wear a white lab coat and stethoscope, and be well groomed. Alice is basing her expectations on a(n)

a. prototype.
b. prejudice.
c. culture.
d. attribution bias.


A

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What will be an ideal response?

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In this film, the actorwasrequired to pantomimeaseries of responses to anon-existent prop, and all ofthewounds that hesuffered weredigitallyinserted later. a. Gladiator b. KingArthur c. ThePassion oftheChrist d. Troy

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Using the criteria for theory evaluation, evaluate Symbolic Interactionism as a theory.

What will be an ideal response?

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