Dr. Jones, a professor who teaches literature, believes that most mathematics professors have poor social skills and are not very friendly. However, he sees people within his own discipline as possessing a range of social skills with varying degrees of friendliness. This example illustrates which phenomenon?

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The phenomenon illustrated in this example is the outgroup homogeneity effect, which refers to the tendency for individuals to perceive members of an outgroup as more similar to each other than members of their ingroup. Dr. Jones sees all mathematics professors as having poor social skills, while recognizing individual differences within his own discipline, suggesting that he sees his own discipline as diverse but the mathematics discipline as homogenous.

Dr Jones, a Professor Who Teaches Literature, Believes That Most