Question 1

What distinguishes an in-group from an out-group?

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A)  the location of the group
B)  the size of the group
C)  the similarity of group members
D)  a person's identification with the group
E)  a person's membership in the groupF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Although psychologists usually refer to prejudice only in a _______ sense,it is possible for a person to have a _______ prejudice about a particular group.

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A)  diffuse; specific
B)  positive; negative
C)  specific; diffuse
D)  benign; destructive
E)  negative; positiveF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 3

Your beliefs about the stereotypes that members of other groups hold about you and your own group are called

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A)  meta-stereotypes.
B)  out-group stereotypes.
C)  second-order stereotypes.
D)  higher-order stereotypes.
E)  in-group stereotypes.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Crandall and colleagues compared two groups of participants' responses to two different tasks.One group was to indicate how acceptable it was to have negative feelings toward particular groups in society and the other group was asked how positively or negatively they felt about these social groups.The results and their interpretation suggest

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A)  the low correlation between the two sets of data mean that people are adept at covering up their hidden prejudices.
B)  the moderate correlation means that although some people show prejudiced attitudes not everyone shares these views.
C)  the low correlation means that there are few shared norms about which groups are targets of prejudice in society.
D)  the low correlation is not an important finding because it can be interpreted in several different ways.
E)  the high correlation between the two sets of data means that asking about the norms of prejudice is practically the same thing as asking about the actual prejudicial attitudes held.F) None of the above
G) D) and E) E

Question 5

As the only African-American in his class,LaMont tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want all of his white counterparts to think that all African-Americans are intellectually inferior.LaMont is experiencing

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A)  stereotype threat.
B)  attribution error.
C)  group hostility.
D)  cultural bias
E)  class anxiety.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Fiona isn't really sure what to believe about Indian immigrants to England,but she knows what her parents and friends think.Because she is concerned with being accepted by these important people in her life,Fiona adopts their beliefs and feelings about this out-group.This example best illustrates _______ as a source of prejudicial attitudes.

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A)  informational conformity
B)  competition for scarce resources
C)  scapegoating
D)  in-group pride
E)  normative conformityF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

What is stereotype threat,why does it arise,and what are the consequences?

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Stereotype threat refers to the apprehension that minority group members experience when they believe that they might behave in a manner that reinforces or confirms existing stereotypes about their group.The consequences are often that this anxiety or apprehension often impedes the performance of these apprehensive minority group members,thus inadvertently reinforcing existing cultural stereotypes.

Question 8

Describe the two steps in Patricia Devine's two-step model of cognitive processing of stereotypes.

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Question 9

Which of the following concepts is most closely related to a social cognition approach to prejudice?

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A)  contagion and frustration
B)  realistic conflict
C)  self-justification processes
D)  the frustration-aggression link
E)  schemas and heuristicsF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 10

British social psychologist Henri Tajfel (1982) divided strangers into groups based on such criteria as whether their artistic taste represented a "Klee style" or a "Kandinsky style." Tajfel designed such experiments to determine

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A)  how to reduce the effects of prejudice.
B)  the minimal conditions for establishing in-group bias.
C)  how to minimize competition between in-groups and out-groups.
D)  when existing stereotypes will overshadow the effects of minimal categorization.
E)  the effects of minimal categorization on people's implicit personality theories.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Prejudice is to discrimination as _______ is/are to _______.

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A)  affect; cognition.
B)  cognition; stereotypes.
C)  cognition; affect.
D)  attitudes; behaviour.
E)  behaviour; attitudes.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C) D

Question 12

Based on research presented in your text by Rohan and Zanna (1996) ,if Timmy's parents hold egalitarian beliefs,what types of beliefs is Timmy likely to hold as an adult?

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A)  egalitarian
B)  bigoted
C)  slightly prejudiced
D)  homophobic but not racist
E)  slightly racist but not sexistF) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

As part of a research study James is given a story about the Sandirians coming to Canada.He reads that Sandirians are a resourceful and adaptive people that do well in tough economic times and are able to gain employment and support themselves soon after immigrating.Based on the results of Esses and colleagues' (2001) study on reactions to immigration,how do you think he will rate Sandirians?

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A)  very positively due to the fact that they are good citizens
B)  neutrally as the information has little relevance
C)  somewhat positively since he perceives that they will not be a burden on society
D)  positively as the information has little relevance
E)  negatively due to the fact that their success may be threateningF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

The hypothesis that prejudice between groups can be reduced by creating cross-group friendships and making members of each group aware of these friendships is called

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A)  jig-saw classrooms.
B)  extended contact hypothesis.
C)  assimilation.
D)  cognitive dissonance.
E)  accommodation.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Stereotypes are harmful to the extent they

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A)  exist.
B)  are based on experience.
C)  are overgeneralized to members of a group.
D)  require cognitive effort.
E)  reduce cognitive effort.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Shih,Pittinsky,and Ambady (1999) administered mathematics tests to Asian-American female university students.They found that _______ had the highest scores on the test.

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A)  students in the control group who were not reminded of their gender or ethnicity
B)  students who were reminded of their gender
C)  students who were previously punished for poor performance
D)  students who were reminded of their ethnicity
E)  students who were rewarded for good performanceF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Stereotypes are the _______ component of a negative attitude toward a group of people.

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A)  cognitive
B)  specific
C)  behavioural
D)  denotative
E)  affectiveF) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

The 'cluster' of attitudes that defines right-wing authoritarianism includes authoritarian ________,authoritarian ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  conservatism; prejudice; dominance.
B)  submission; dominance; nonconformity.
C)  submission; aggression; conventionalism.
D)  aggression; conservatism; traditionalism.
E)  prejudice; dominance; conventionalism.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

"Similar is good,but different is bad" represents a(n) _______ that might contribute to prejudice.

Accepted Answer

A)  attributional bias
B)  stereotype
C)  faulty memory process
D)  schema
E)  judgmental heuristicF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

_______ refers to a negative attitude towards a distinguishable group of people,based solely on their group membership.

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A)  Stereotypes
B)  Racism
C)  Prejudice
D)  Modern racism
E)  DiscriminationF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Although psychologists usually refer to prejudice only in a _ sense,it is possible for a person to have a _ prejudice about a particular group.

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What is stereotype threat,why does it arise,and what are the consequences?

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Which of the following concepts is most closely related to a social cognition approach to prejudice?

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British social psychologist Henri Tajfel (1982) divided strangers into groups based on such criteria as whether their artistic taste represented a "Klee style" or a "Kandinsky style." Tajfel designed such experiments to determine

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