The phenomena known as the own-race bias--that is, that people recognize the faces of others of their own race better than they do the faces of others of a different race--occurs because ______.

a. people in all cultures are racists
b. when viewing cross-race faces, people focus more on the other’s race than on individual identity
c. people prefer to interact with people of their own race
d. people prefer to interact with people of other races


b. when viewing cross-race faces, people focus more on the other’s race than on individual identity

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