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sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Findings from social neuroscience suggest that

a. it has been evolutionarily beneficial for the brain to be able to rapidly form categories.
b. the tendency to form categories and stereotypes is determined largely by experience.
c. people in some cultures are more likely to form stereotypes than other people.
d. experience plays almost no role in the ability to notice different categories.

Question 2

Benevolent sexism refers to people who think that women are naturally superior to men in kindness and nurturance. What does international research show is a consequence of this belief?

a. Women have higher self-esteem than men.
b. Men envy women for having more positive traits than they have.
c. It can legitimize discrimination against women and justify relegating them to traditional roles.
d. It can cause people to overlook anti-male sexism.