Although Americans' approval of interracial marriage has soared over the past half-century,many still admit that they would feel uncomfortable with someone of another race in socially intimate settings.This admission best illustrates

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This admission reflects racial prejudice, which is the negative attitude or feeling toward people based on their race or ethnicity. Despite the rise in approval of interracial marriage, this discomfort demonstrates that some people still hold biases and discriminatory attitudes toward individuals of different races. The other choices are not as applicable as they do not directly address the negative attitude towards others based on race. The other-race effect refers to the difficulty people have in recognizing and distinguishing faces of individuals from another race. Ingroup bias is the preference for one's own group over other groups, while stereotyping refers to the overgeneralization about the characteristics or behaviors of a group of people.

Although Americans' Approval of Interracial Marriage Has Soared Over the Past