Courtney compares her SAT score to the scores of other people in her school, rather than the national averages. Her comparison is due to the effect.

Local dominance effect

Explanation:

Local dominance effect occurs when comparison with discrete or few individuals have a higher effect on self-assessment or esteem than comparisons with a larger population or aggregates. Local dominance effect makes individuals compare themselves with a smaller population rather a larger population that could be of more significance.

Courtney compared her SAT score to the the scores of other people in her school, rather than the national averages due to local dominance effect

White privilege benefits all whites equally. The gender, class, and sexuality does not matter since it does not change the person's race being white. Because of the race of the person being white, they would still have advantages that minorities don't have. For example, a white person could commit the same crime as a black person, but have a shorter jail sentence.