Ethan has been released from jail in the United States and is ...

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Ethan has been released from jail in the United States and is applying for jobs in the South and the Northeast. Ethan is probably more likely to land interviews in the South than in the Northeast if he was in jail for
 
  a. assaulting a person who taunted him in public about an affair with his wife.
  b. committing fraud on a million-dollar insurance claim.
  c. illegally importing cocaine across the border.
  d. robbing a jewelry store owned by a member of a racial minority group.

Question 2

Denrell's (2005) explanation for the persistence of negative first impressions is that when we meet someone and do not like them, we tend to reduce the opportunity for future interaction, which allows the first impression to remain stable and relatively crystallized. This notion is called
 
  a. biased experience sampling.
  b. the fundamental attribution error.
  c. the availability heuristic.
  d. mind perception.

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a