The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Held

Multiple Choice

The dean of the college of arts and sciences held a mixer last night, but was dismayed to see that rather than mixing, the students tended to split off into groups by major: arts and humanities students there, students majoring in the natural sciences there, and social-science majors over there. This is an example of ________ in action.

A) fundamental attribution error
B) communities of practice
C) social identity theory
D) climate for transfer
E) self-serving bias