Francois is at a bar and asks a woman for her phone number. Suppose the woman rebuffs him and calls him a creep. Which of the following responses BEST exemplifies the outgroup homogeneity bias?
A)Francois thinks, "Why can't women be more like men?"
B)Francois thinks, "Women-they're all the same!"
C)Francois thinks, "Women are so mysterious and hard to understand."
D)Francois thinks, "I am annoyed with all women at this point-not just this one."

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Outgroup homogeneity bias occurs when an individual perceives members of an outgroup as more similar to each other than they actually are. In this case, Francois generalizing his experience with one woman to all women exemplifies this bias.

Francois Is at a Bar and Asks a Woman for Her