The cross-race effect is a psychological phenomenon where individuals are better at recognizing faces of their own race compared with faces of other races.
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This is the perception that individuals in an out-group are more similar (homogeneous) than they really are, as well as being more similar than the members of the in-group.
Own-Race Bias: This term is synonymous with Cross-Race Effect and refers to the ability to recognize faces from one’s own race easier than faces from different races.