Asked by Diamondz R-blissful on Jun 15, 2024

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When Anne,a visitor to the U.S.from Europe,learns that voters elected Donald Trump,she assumes that everyone in the U.S.likes Trump.She has fallen prey to

A) stereotyped thinking.
B) the law of small numbers
C) a group attribution error.
D) double-standard thinking.
E) a prototype.

Group Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize dispositional or personality-based explanations for the behavior of individuals in a group, while underestimating the role of external factors.

Stereotyped Thinking

The practice of having oversimplified and generalized beliefs about certain groups or categories of people.

Law of Small Numbers

A cognitive bias that leads people to infer or generalize outcomes from a small sample size, mistakenly treating it as representative of a larger population.

  • Determine the underlying factors and repercussions of biases and stereotypes pertaining to ingroup and outgroup dynamics.
  • Recognize the differences between biases like outgroup homogeneity bias and ingroup differentiation bias that affect our view of groups.
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Chloe O'DellJun 18, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
Anne's assumption that everyone in the U.S. likes Trump based on his election is an example of a group attribution error. This error occurs when an individual assumes that the beliefs or behaviors of a few members of a group represent the entire group.