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Researchers (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) tested the self-fulfilling prophecy as it relates to prejudice. They observed the differential behaviors of white interviewers who interviewed either African-American or white job candidates.
 
  They then trained other interviewers to manifest these two different interview styles. When the new interviewers later interviewed white job applicants, the applicants who were treated as African Americans in the first study
  a. confronted the interviewers and terminated the conversation.
  b. actually behaved in less effective and comfortable ways.
  c. experienced a loss of self-esteem.
  d. became more convinced that their initial negative expectations were confirmed.

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As the only African American in his class, LaMonte tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want his white counterparts to think that all African Americans are intellectually inferior. LaMonte is experiencing
 
  a. class anxiety.
  b. stereotype threat.
  c. group hostility.
  d. attribution error.



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stanleka1

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




acc299

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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