Author Question: What is the most likely source of the own-race bias? a. Familiar stimuli are easier to recognize ... (Read 119 times)

jayhills49 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

What is the most likely source of the own-race bias?

a. Familiar stimuli are easier to recognize than unfamiliar stimuli.
b. Prejudice biases attention and memory.
c. Arousal impedes attention and subsequent memory accuracy.
d. Much of memory is reconstructive.

Question 2

The own-race bias refers to the finding that

a. jurors are unlikely to convict a member of their own race.
b. people are better at recognizing faces from members of their own race.
c. crime rates are lower in neighborhoods in which same-race police patrol.
d. lawyers are more successful in defending people of their own race.