Mike believes that men are generally better at math and engineering than are women. He also tends to think of women as being emotional and a bit "soft." Mike recently met Karen, an attractive woman who is also a civil engineer

In most other respects, Karen fits Mike's ideas about women. Rather than revise his stereotype of women, Mike probably assumed that Karen represents a(n) ________. a) aberration
b) schema
c) recategorization
d) subtype

d

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a) She will have regular blood tests to monitor the effects of the drug. b) She will modify her diet so she does not eat foods that react with this drug. c) She will reduce her exposure to sunlight to reduce the changes of bad reactions to the drug. d) She will increase her intake of water to compensate for the effects of the drugs on thirst.

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