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The study in which college students attached a bumper sticker for a militant black organization to their cars and then received frequent traffic citations demonstrates:

Correct answer: D. discrimination

  • A. group prejudice
  • B. scapegoating
  • C. personal prejudice
  • D. discrimination

Explanation

Receiving more traffic citations because a car displayed a militant group's symbol shows discriminatory treatment based on an associated group identity. Prejudice is the attitude, whereas discrimination is the unequal behaviour.

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