Christian constantly complains about immigrants and blames them for problems he encounters at work, for personal financial problems, and even for personal romantic problems. As he sees it, virtually everything is their fault. Not surprisingly, and in part as a result of this pattern of blaming, Christian also holds a rather negative view of immigrant groups. Which of the following BEST captures Christian's pattern of behavior? a. aversive prejudice
b. the confirmation bias
c. scapegoat theory
d. the self-serving bias

Dr. robbins wants to know if there are different opinions regarding the value of public school education between native americans who have at least one relative who attended indian boarding school and native americans who have no family experience with indian boarding school. dr. robbins contacts 35 native american participants in each group. he wants each group to include younger as well as older adults, and a mix of male and female participants. he asks each person to complete a survey about their attitudes toward public education. the design of this study is: