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vicky · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In one study, when White participants were asked about perceptions of race relations at a university, progress was framed as either minority gain or decrease in White students. White participants perceived the ________ as larger than the ________.

A) decrease; gain
B) gain; decrease
C) minority gain; minority loss
D) White student gain; estimated decrease given
E) Change in both conditions was perceived as equal by participants.

Question 2

In the march toward racial equality, Whites may perceive Black progress as a ________, while Blacks perceive it as a ________. If people generally tend to evaluate ________ more heavily than ________,

then Whites should see ________ progress for Blacks than (as) Blacks see.
A) loss; gain; losses; gains; more
B) gain; loss; gains; losses; more
C) loss; gain; gains; losses; less
D) loss; gain; gains; losses; about the same
E) Humans generally see the loss of a dollar as a negative as much as they see the gain of a dollar as positive.