Song is Korean and thinks she can pick the facial differences between northern Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese people much better than she can between French, Spanish and Italian people. Carlos is Portuguese, and he sees it exactly in reverse. Whether they can or not, their beliefs point to:

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The relative homogeneity effect refers to the tendency for people to perceive members of their own group as more similar to each other than they actually are, and members of other groups as more different from each other than they actually are. In this case, Song and Carlos' beliefs about their ability to distinguish between different ethnic groups reflect the relative homogeneity effect.

Song Is Korean and Thinks She Can Pick the Facial