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How are stereotypes likely to change? Evidence indicates that
 
  a. stereotypes, once formed, virtually never change.
  b. stereotypes change suddenly in response to a single, dramatic, disconfirming example.
  c. stereotypes change in response to two or three disconfirming examples.
  d. stereotypes change only gradually, in response to many examples that are inconsistent.

Question 2

Researchers presented participants with just one or two examples of information that strongly challenged their pre-existing stereotypes.
 
  These researchers found that, when presented with just one or two examples that challenge a strongly held stereotype, people
  a. created new subtypes.
  b. dismissed the new information and strengthened their stereotypic beliefs.
  c. abandoned their stereotypes.
  d. revised their stereotypes, as the bookkeeping model would predict.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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