Gracie just won 250 dollars in a raffle. As she was cheerfully walking home from work, she saw a homeless man and immediately the stereotypical characteristics of down on his luck, mentally ill, and needy came to mind
According to Stroessner and Mackie (1992), this would be an example of how people in a ________mood are more complacent and therefore more likely to engage in stereotyping.
a. bad
b. neutral
c. tearful
d. good
d
Psychology
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