Author Question: Jordan recently won third place in his city's creative writing contest, even though he hasn't ... (Read 78 times)

D2AR0N · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jordan recently won third place in his city's creative writing contest, even though he hasn't written creatively in years and he submitted a story he wrote years ago.

He thinks to himself, If only I had been working on my writing this whole time, I might have won first place. This is an example of ________ thinking. a) magical
b) optimist
c) overconfident
d) counterfactual

Question 2

Sarah is a white woman who lives in New York. She frequently hears stories of how other white men and women join hate groups and discriminate against minorities throughout the United States.

She feels horrible and disgusted that white Americans can still be thinking and acting in such a way. Sarah is experiencing ________. a) the fundamental attribution error
b) stereotype negation
c) prejudice through social learning
d) collective guilt