Author Question: As discussed in the textbook, people are most likely to base their stereotypes of a given outgroup ... (Read 116 times)

Engineer · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

As discussed in the textbook, people are most likely to base their stereotypes of a given outgroup on ____.

a. first-hand knowledge of the outgroup
b. first-hand knowledge of other outgroups
c. the assumption that the outgroup is just like the ingroup
d. what they have heard about the outgroup from members of the ingroup

Question 2

Participants in a study of decision making were asked to rate a particular financial solution for solving a dispute with a neighbor. Half of the participants rated the favorability of a solution in which they would receive 600 and their neighbor would receive 800; the other half of participants rated a solution in which each received 500 . Which option was most favorably rated?

a. The option that paid them 600 and their neighbor 800was higher rated.
b. The option that paid both their neighbor and themselves 500 was rated higher.
c. The option that paid them 600 and their neighbor 800 received the highest percentage of highly favorable ratings but also received the highest percentage of highly unfavorable ratings.
d. There was no difference in the favorability ratings for the two options.