Dr. Weimer teaches high school. He believes that minoritystudents cheat more than other
kinds of students, so he watches them extra closely. He does, in fact, catch more minority
students cheating on his tests than other kinds of students.
However,in reality, his other
students are cheating more, but getting caughtless. Dr. Weimer's belief about minority
students is based on
a. an illusory correlation.
b. the illusion of out-group homogeneity.
c. attributional bias.
d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
e. the fundamental attribution error.
a. an illusory correlation.
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