The tendency to overestimate the extent to which members of stereotyped groups possess attributes and perform behaviors consistent with the group stereotype results from

The currently-preferred term for instinct is

a. negative incentive. b. homeostatic function. c. fixed-action pattern. d. internal cognition. e. external motivation.

An experiment by Bower and Wishart (1972) involving a transparent cup ruled out which of the following accounts of object permanence?

a. infants lack the necessary coordination to retrieve an object that is placed under a container b. infants do not understand that an object continues to exist when it is hidden c. infants' representations of hidden objects are not strong enough to elicit reaching behaviors d. none of the above