Because Janie has more experience with people from her own race, she is better able to recognize people from her own race and tends to show a bias in perceiving persons from other racial and ethnic groups, which is known as
A)the apparent-distance hypothesis.
B)the other-race effect.
C)color blindness.
D)the psi phenomena.

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The given scenario describes the "other-race effect," which is a bias towards recognizing and perceiving individuals from one's own racial and ethnic group, and difficulty in recognizing and perceiving individuals from other racial and ethnic groups. This effect is also known as the cross-race effect or the own-race bias.

Because Janie Has More Experience with People from Her Own