While driving through a different section of town, Zebulon, who is from the Alpha ethnic group, saw a group of boys from the Beta ethnic group whistling and catcalling at an attractive female. Zebulon assumes that most, if not all, people from the Beta ethnic group share this "rude" behavior. This is an example of ____.?
a. ?an illusory correlation
b. ?aversive racism
c. ?authoritarianism
d. ?cognitive dissonance
ANSWER:
a
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