Christian, a Caucasian man, and Sung-Yee, a Korean man, are walking to their cars when an Asian man pulls out a knife and demands their wallets. In a lineup, Christian cannot tell which man is the one who attacked him, but Sung-Yee has no problem identifying the culprit. This is an example of __________.

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This is an example of own-race bias, which is the tendency for people to be better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces of other races. In this scenario, Sung-Yee may have been better able to identify the culprit because he is also Asian. Christian's inability to identify the culprit is likely due to his lack of experience in distinguishing between individual faces of people from different races.

Christian, a Caucasian Man, and Sung-Yee, a Korean Man, Are