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module 77
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Question | Answer |
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just-world phenomenon | the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. |
ingroup | “us”—people with whom we share a common identity. |
outgroup | “them”—those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup. |
ingroup bias | the tendency to favor our own group. |
Scapegoat theory | the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. |
other-race effect | the tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. Also called the cross-race effect and the own-race bias. |