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Mandy has a stereotype that engineers are dull.When she meets Matt,an engineer who writes exciting stories,she will most likely

A) create a subtype that Matt is the exception to the rule about engineers.
B) revise her stereotype by thinking that engineers can be interesting and creative.
C) experience cognitive dissonance by suspecting that Matt has not always been an engineer.
D) encounter insufficient justification effect by arguing that creativity should be measured differently in engineers.

Cognitive Dissonance

An uncomfortable mental state due to a contradiction between two attitudes or between an attitude and a behavior.

Stereotype

A widely held but oversimplified and generalized belief about a particular category of people, often leading to prejudiced attitudes and discriminatory behavior.

Subtype

A subset or a more specific form within a broader category, often used to classify subgroups with distinct characteristics.

  • Identify and describe the processes and impacts of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.
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