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Chelseaamend · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Wilma, who is white, will likely show greater care not to act in a prejudiced manner if ________.

a) her parents do not hold prejudicial attitudes
b) she had contact with, but no real interaction with, black persons during high school
c) her parents showed fairly indifferent attitudes about racial issues
d) she had unpleasant interactions with black persons during elementary school

Question 2

Five students are preparing to take a mid-term exam in Political Science. Going in to the exam, who would be most likely to suffer from the overconfidence barrier?

a) This is Ronald's first political science course and first semester of college.
b) Greg is a junior and a political science major.
c) Linda is a straight A student who is in her 7th year of college.
d) Michele is a sophomore who hasn't missed a class and thinks the professor is interesting.