Stereotypes: A. reflect normal cognitive processes that frequently are automatic. B. are widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group....

Stereotypes:

A. reflect normal cognitive processes that frequently are automatic.

B. are widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group.

C. tend to be broad overgeneralizations that ignore the diversity within social groups.

D. are all of the above.

Q120

You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will:

A. overestimate how often you meet short men who are insecure.

B. underestimate how often you meet short men who are insecure.

C. overestimate the frequency of short men in the population.

D. falsely assume that shortness in men causes insecurity.