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Themember4 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Suppose you're a bartender and you have a stereotype about people with full-arm tattoos: you think they are more likely to get into fights at your bar than people without tattoos. Your perception illustrates which aspect(s) of stereotypes?

a. You are noticing people who confirm your stereotype and overlooking those who don't.
b. You are paying attention to nonaggressive people with tattoos.
c. You are paying attention to aggressive people without tattoos.
d. Your stereotype is accurate.

Question 2

Early attempts at desegregation often failed to reduce prejudice between ethnic groups. What is the primary reason the contact hypothesis didn't work?

a. The students remained angry with each other.
b. Each group felt superior to the other.
c. The minority students didn't have equal status, and equality wasn't valued.
d. The majority students didn't try to make friends with the minority students.