Amy is disgusted by homeless individuals and believes that they are lazy individuals who are "milking the system." If she was given a brain scan and asked questions about her beliefs and feelings about homeless people,what regions of Amy's brain would be involved in automatic and overt stereotyping?

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The amygdala is associated with the processing of emotions and the frontal cortex is involved in decision-making and stereotyping. Therefore, these regions would likely be involved in Amy's automatic and overt stereotyping of homeless individuals. The cerebellum and hippocampus are not as directly related to these processes and the occipital lobe is primarily involved in visual processing.

Amy Is Disgusted by Homeless Individuals and Believes That They