When prejudiced people encounter a minority person that contradicts stereotypes,
a. they come to see the group in a new light.
b. that stereotype is abandoned.
c. they see that person as an exception to the rule..
d. they fail to notice that the person is different from the stereotype.
Question 2
Bill notes that black athletes dominate the sport of basketball and uses that fact as proof that blacks are naturally good leapers. At the same time, he does not use the same kind of logic to explain why white athletes dominate gymnastics. Bill is guilty of
a. selective perception. c. institutionalized discrimination.
b. assimilation. d. non-prejudiced discrimination.
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