Author Question: Jennifer is a student at UCLA. When asked to describe the average UCLA student, she says it is ... (Read 101 times)

CBme · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jennifer is a student at UCLA. When asked to describe the average UCLA student, she says it is almost impossible to do so because there are so many different kinds of people at UCLA; the diversity is really amazing. By contrast, when asked to describe the average USC student, Jennifer says: That's easy; they're all almost exactly the same. Social psychologists would say that Jennifer is displaying what is known as the ____.

a. discontinuity effect
b. scapegoat effect
c. minimal group effect
d. outgroup homogeneity bias

Question 2

Research suggests that ____ may be more pronounced in individualistic cultures than in collectivistic cultures.

a. the self-enhancement motive
b. the appraisal motive
c. self-presentation
d. public self-consciousness