Ida is the captain of her school's soccer team.She believes that the members of her team are more diverse in terms of skill,experience,and possessing game strategies than the members of the rival soccer team.She perceives the rival team members to be alike in all aspects.In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice,this scenario illustrates ________.

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The scenario illustrates the outgroup homogeneity effect, which refers to the tendency to perceive members of a outgroup as more similar to each other than members of one's ingroup, leading to oversimplified and biased judgments about outgroup members. Ida perceives the rival soccer team members as alike in all aspects, which is an example of outgroup homogeneity. The other options (A) overjustification effect, (C) bystander effect, and (D) continued influence effect are not relevant to the scenario described.

Ida Is the Captain of Her School's Soccer Team