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The tendency to excuse poor ingroup behavior based on circumstances when we would blame outgroup behavior on characteristics is:

Education reduces prejudice, at least partly by:

Neir and his colleagues had Black and White interviewers approach White students who were attending a football game and ask if they were willing to help out with research by answering a questionnaire. The interviewers also wore hats representing either one of the two universities playing in the game. White students were significantly more likely to help the Black interviewers when they wore a hat of the same university as that worn by the interviewee. These results support the ______ model of reducing prejudice.

One barrier to cooperative behavior is:

When one group acts against a second group, the second group tends to:

When no alternatives are possible, low-status groups might attempt collective action. This means:

In the 1980s, American ethnic and racial minorities began to refer to themselves as American (such as African American, Asian American, etc.). As an attempt to reduce discrimination, this could be seen as an appeal to:

In a negotiation:

If you want someone’s help, which tactic will improve your odds of success?

Olivia has missed two weeks of class because she went home when her mother’s cancer took a turn for the worse. But now she doesn’t have the notes she needs to study for the final exam. Olivia asks a classmate if she can borrow notes.