Recognizing and reacting to individuals based on group ...

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Recognizing and reacting to individuals based on group affiliation was probably a very important skill for early huntergatherers, whose survival often depended on quickly identifying others as potential friends or foes. This categorization was made primarily on the basis of ____.
 
  a. levels of competence
  b. strength
  c. physical appearance
  d. levels of warmth

Question 2

Mrs. Martin, a physics teacher, is also the advisor to the high school chess team. She sees that a new student, Mariah, has beaten their top player, David. She wonders whether David let Mariah win because she is so attractive. This is an example of maintaining a stereotype through ____.
 
  a. viewing Mariah as an exception
  b. dispositional attribution
  c. correspondence bias
  d. situational attribution

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
d