AP PSYCHOLOGY

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Student B wears glasses and looks like a Chinese or a Korean. Many think that he is good at Math. This is an example of ____
A
Bias
B
Prejudice
C
Discrimination
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A systematic (built-in) error which makes all values wrong by a certain amount. Example: You always measure your height wearing shoes with thick soles. Every measurement looks correct, but all are wrong by the thickness of the soles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sampling is a statistical methodology that uses a portion of a total population to represent the full population. As a subject, sampling considers the different methodologies one could use to survey a portion of the population and seeks to find a sample that is most indicative of the overall population.

Detailed explanation-3: -We most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within that two-second span. And Chinese speakers get that list of numbers-4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 7, 6-right almost every time because, unlike English, their language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds. Chinese number words are remarkably brief.

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