Carla likes her life to be relatively simple and well organi…

Carla likes her life to be relatively simple and well organized. She dislikes interruptions and unexpected events and strives for simple ways to view the world. Based on this information, you predict that Carla will score high on a measure of __________ and will __________ to use her existing stereotypes to understand others.

Evelyn and her coworkers have just been laid off at the aero…

Evelyn and her coworkers have just been laid off at the aerospace plant. To make herself feel better, she thinks, “At least we’re not like those welfare mothers.” By viewing her own group more favorably than members of another group, she is engaging in a process known as __________.