Mr. easton is 80, and he thinks that all young people with longer hair use drugs. this is an example of:

This is an example of stereotyping.

A stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. Stereotypes are usually developed out of prejudices, wrong kind of education or social environment.

Stereotypes are generalized because they assume that the stereotype is true for each person in the category. Most stereotypes are based on gender, age, sexual orientation or nationality.

Mr. Easton has probably seen some people with longer hair using drugs and he developed a stereotype based on his personal experience. It does not matter if he only saw a few examples of such behavior, he projects his experience over the whole population of people with longer hair. His judgment is unjust and not based on any proven facts.

the correct answer on edgen is:

(c.) prevent the spread of communism.

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answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.