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CLEP Intro to Sociology

Category - Race Relations

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Which of the following is an example of the salience principle?

Categorizing based upon skin color
Categorizing based upon gender
Categorizing based upon history
None of the above

Explanation

Answers: A and B - The salience principle says that people tend to put others into categories based upon characteristics that can be seen, such as skin color and gender. Other outward characteristics that might elicit categorization are language and religion, if appearance indicates a particular religion. History is not necessarily known when meeting someone.

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