In trying to break the prejudice habit, which of the following statements is TRUE?

a. The decision to give up being prejudice eliminates prejudiced thoughts and feelings right away.
b. A nonprejudiced person may experience lingering stereotypes learned in childhood that may cause the person to respond emotionally to members of other ethnic groups.
c. Once prejudice is given up, people lose the stereotypes they learned early in life.
d. People who really want to break out of the prejudice habit can do so with relatively little effort.

ANSWER: b

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