According to Status Construction Theory, status beliefs...? are only active in t

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According to Status Construction Theory, status beliefs...?

are only active in the local context of action where they were formed.

can transfer from one local context of action to any other within which the relevant categorical distinction exists.

will decay over time if the relevant categorical distinction is only encountered infrequently.

none of the above.

are only active in the local context of action where they were formed.

can transfer from one local context of action to any other within which the relevant categorical distinction exists.

will decay over time if the relevant categorical distinction is only encountered infrequently.

none of the above.

Explanation / Answer

Status beliefs associate greater respect and greater competence at socially valued taskswith people in one category of a social difference than with those in another category of that difference (women, people of color). A typical reaction to therecognition of social difference is for people in each category to assume that their own

group is “better.”

Option C is correct.

status beliefs will decay over time if the relevant categorical distinction is only encountered infrequently.

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