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Suppose that the CEO of a financial consulting company employs only tall people. Even though this CEO interviews equal numbers of short and tall applicants who are qualified to work at his company, he never hires any of the short ones. According to social psychologists, the CEO's behavior would be best described as an example of ____.
 
  a. stereotyping
  b. discrimination
  c. prejudice
  d. aversive prejudice

Question 2

Most of the time, people tend to ____ when they are successful (e.g., when they win a tennis match) and ____ when they are unsuccessful (e.g., when they lose a tennis match).
 
  a. take credit; blame someone or something else
  b. take credit; say nothing (have no explanation)
  c. credit someone or something else; blame themselves
  d. credit someone or something else; say nothing (have no explanation)


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


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