Author Question: Which of the following statements best describes how prejudice and stereotypes affect their targets? ... (Read 85 times)

panfilo · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following statements best describes how prejudice and stereotypes affect their targets?

a. People dislike being stereotyped.
b. People like being stereotyped as long as the stereotype is accurate.
c. People like being stereotyped as long as the stereotype is positive.
d. People dislike stereotyping, but like prejudice.

Question 2

The so-called panic button effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

a. to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal when pursuit of that goal has been interrupted
b. to perceive negative things that happen to them as more stressful or painful than negative things that happen to other people
c. to feel relatively less stress or suffering when they think that they have the option of escaping from a situation
d. to give greater weight to potential losses than to potential gains, panicking when the losses become unacceptable