Christopher,who lives in Iowa,is talking about people from Illinois."We are thrifty,but they are miserly.We are cautious,but they are fainthearted.We are slow to change,but they refuse to ever change at all." Christopher's reaction illustrates
A)double-standard thinking.
B)a group attribution error.
C)the ingroup differentiation bias.
D)adherence to the law of small numbers.
E)the outgroup homogeneity bias.

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Christopher's reaction illustrates double-standard thinking, which is the tendency to apply different standards to one's own group and to other groups. In this case, Christopher is applying a more positive standard to his own group (people from Iowa) and a more negative standard to the other group (people from Illinois).

Christopher,who Lives in Iowa,is Talking About People from Illinois