Author Question: Rebecca is covering her college's football game against its archrival for the school newspaper. ... (Read 102 times)

ssal · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Rebecca is covering her college's football game against its archrival for the school newspaper.

At the game, she interviews six students from her college but decides she needs to interview only one student from the rival school to represent their view of the game. Rebecca is demonstrating
a. in-group bias.
b. out-group homogeneity.
c. entitlement.
d. blaming the victim.

Question 2

Which of these ways of thinking can reduce the power of stereotype threat?

a. understanding that people's abilities are pretty fixed, so it's not worth being upset if you don't do well on a test
b. being aware that anxiety about taking tests is normal, especially for members of stereotyped groups
c. accepting the cultural stereotype as one that is likely to be based on actual group differences
d. inflating your confidence in your abilities to counteract others' expectations