While walking on campus one day you overhear a person make the remark, "All college professors are absentminded." This is an example of what psychologists would call
a. a stereotype.
b. behavioral confirmation.
c. racism.
d. in-group bias.
Answer: a. a stereotype.
Psychology
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According to Rogers, after years of having conditions of worth applied to us by others, we
a. start to apply them to those around us. b. learn to ignore them and start applying our own standards. c. pretend (but fail) to ignore them. d. start to apply them to ourselves.
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