Question 1

Which of the following people is most likely to experience social identity threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  an African-American student who believes that he is about to take a test that measures intellectual ability 
B)  an African-American student who believes that her performance on the test will not reveal anything about her actual intellectual ability 
C)  a white student who believes that he is about to take a test that measures intellectual ability 
D)  a white student who believes that his performance on the test will not reveal anything about his actual intellectual ability 
A)  an African-American student who believes that he is about to take a test that measures intellectual ability 
B)  an African-American student who believes that her performance on the test will not reveal anything about her actual intellectual ability 
C)  a white student who believes that he is about to take a test that measures intellectual ability 
D)  a white student who believes that his performance on the test will not reveal anything about his actual intellectual ability

Question 2

Shawna (who is Mexican American) has recently been bused into a school with predominantly white, middle-class students. Based on information from your text, why is she likely to have difficulty?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is less intelligent than her classmates. 
B)  Her classmates are prejudiced against her. 
C)  The classroom of her new school isn't exactly cooperative. 
D)  Her teacher will make a negative example of her. 
A)  She is less intelligent than her classmates. 
B)  Her classmates are prejudiced against her. 
C)  The classroom of her new school isn't exactly cooperative. 
D)  Her teacher will make a negative example of her.

Question 3

"Like them better." "Give more rewards to them." "Believe they are more pleasant." All these describe __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  in-group members 
B)  out-group members 
C)  discriminations 
D)  stereotypes 
A)  in-group members 
B)  out-group members 
C)  discriminations 
D)  stereotypes

Question 4

In which of the following cases would social identity threat NOT be likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  an African-American male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of intellectual ability 
B)  a white female taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
C)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
D)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability in competition with a group of Asians 
A)  an African-American male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of intellectual ability 
B)  a white female taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
C)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
D)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability in competition with a group of Asians

Question 5

When prejudiced people say, "They all look alike to me," they are illustrating the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  out-group homogeneity bias 
B)  in-group bias 
C)  illusory correlation 
D)  fundamental attribution error 
A)  out-group homogeneity bias 
B)  in-group bias 
C)  illusory correlation 
D)  fundamental attribution error

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Luke thinks all women are manipulative. 
B)  Ryan feels mistrustful of Jews. 
C)  Laura scoots over a few feet when an African American sits next to her in a waiting room. 
D)  Jenny believes that all Hispanics are fluent in Spanish and can cook terrific Tex-Mex food. 
A)  Luke thinks all women are manipulative. 
B)  Ryan feels mistrustful of Jews. 
C)  Laura scoots over a few feet when an African American sits next to her in a waiting room. 
D)  Jenny believes that all Hispanics are fluent in Spanish and can cook terrific Tex-Mex food.

Question 7

A cashier at the store assumes that because his next customer is elderly, she will take a long time to pay. The cashier is using his stereotypes about the elderly and not taking the time or energy to carefully consider each customer in his line as an individual. His use of stereotypes best exemplifies Allport's idea of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the contact hypothesis 
B)  the law of least effort 
C)  scapegoating 
D)  natural prejudice 
A)  the contact hypothesis 
B)  the law of least effort 
C)  scapegoating 
D)  natural prejudice

Question 8

Both benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are alike in that they __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  put women on a pedestal 
B)  idealize women romantically 
C)  have uniformly negative views of women 
D)  view women as the weaker sex 
A)  put women on a pedestal 
B)  idealize women romantically 
C)  have uniformly negative views of women 
D)  view women as the weaker sex

Question 9

When asked to imagine someone who fits the description "construction worker," many people picture a man in a hard hat and work clothes. Such mental images of a group of people are examples of ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  prejudices 
B)  stereotypes 
C)  evaluations 
D)  scripts 
A)  prejudices 
B)  stereotypes 
C)  evaluations 
D)  scripts

Question 10

Which of the following examples best captures the social-psychological concept of a stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arlene refuses to enter an elevator in which men are riding. 
B)  Mitch believes that women are seductive, duplicitous, and not to be trusted. 
C)  Aaron becomes uncomfortable when a man sits too close to him. 
D)  Nicole avoids homeless people on the street. 
A)  Arlene refuses to enter an elevator in which men are riding. 
B)  Mitch believes that women are seductive, duplicitous, and not to be trusted. 
C)  Aaron becomes uncomfortable when a man sits too close to him. 
D)  Nicole avoids homeless people on the street.

Question 11

Many researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques. Researchers such as Gaertner and his colleagues (1990) believe that one reason why such techniques work is that small, cooperative learning groups __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  break down in-group and out-group categories into a perception of a single group 
B)  are more likely to follow egalitarian norms 
C)  provide for contact between members of different racial and ethnic groups 
D)  are more pleasant and thus reduce academic frustration 
A)  break down in-group and out-group categories into a perception of a single group 
B)  are more likely to follow egalitarian norms 
C)  provide for contact between members of different racial and ethnic groups 
D)  are more pleasant and thus reduce academic frustration

Question 12

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  fundamental attribution error 
C)  minimal group bias 
D)  expectations relapse 
A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  fundamental attribution error 
C)  minimal group bias 
D)  expectations relapse

Question 13

Shane believes that women are more dependent, more nurturing, more intuitive, and less rational than men. These are examples of Shane's __________ women.

Accepted Answer

A)  prejudice toward 
B)  stereotypes about 
C)  discrimination against 
D)  negative affect toward 
A)  prejudice toward 
B)  stereotypes about 
C)  discrimination against 
D)  negative affect toward

Question 14

Social neuroscientists propose that our natural tendency to group people and create categories is built into the brain and is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  maladaptive 
B)  preferred 
C)  adaptive 
D)  non-preferred 
A)  maladaptive 
B)  preferred 
C)  adaptive 
D)  non-preferred

Question 15

Esmerelda just watched her football team from her university win the division championship. Based on the work of Cialdini, what is most likely to happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Esmerelda will wear her hoodie with her university's name on it to school on Monday. 
B)  Esmerelda will stand in the middle of the quad and say a cheer. 
C)  Esmerelda will return to her dorm and prepare for next season. 
D)  Esmerelda will have her self-esteem hurt because she had nothing to do with the win. 
A)  Esmerelda will wear her hoodie with her university's name on it to school on Monday. 
B)  Esmerelda will stand in the middle of the quad and say a cheer. 
C)  Esmerelda will return to her dorm and prepare for next season. 
D)  Esmerelda will have her self-esteem hurt because she had nothing to do with the win.

Question 16

According to your text, as soon as we create a group "us," we perceive everyone else as "not us." This leads to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  open and cooperative work 
B)  friendly exchanges to discover differences 
C)  suspiciousness of outsiders 
D)  celebrations of differences 
A)  open and cooperative work 
B)  friendly exchanges to discover differences 
C)  suspiciousness of outsiders 
D)  celebrations of differences

Question 17

The __________ is thought to measure unconscious prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face with a positive or negative association.

Accepted Answer

A)  Implicit Association Test 
B)  affective component 
C)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
D) contact hypothesis 
A)  Implicit Association Test 
B)  affective component 
C)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
D) contact hypothesis

Question 18

When Kendra challenged her friends on their prejudicial thinking, she was rejected by her group and no longer gets invitations to go out with them. This is a consequence of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  failing to conform 
D)  isolating your social identity 
A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  failing to conform 
D)  isolating your social identity

Question 19

Social identity threat used to be termed __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotype threat 
B)  prejudicial threat 
C)  discrimination threat 
D)  evaluation threat 
A)  stereotype threat 
B)  prejudicial threat 
C)  discrimination threat 
D)  evaluation threat

Question 20

Brad believes that all Buddhists live more fulfilling lives, are happier, and have a more superior religious philosophy than any other religion or faith. This belief represents Brad's __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  social identity threat 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  implicit prejudice 
D)  out-group homogeneity 
A)  social identity threat 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  implicit prejudice 
D)  out-group homogeneity

Which of the following people is most likely to experience social identity threat?

Shawna (who is Mexican American) has recently been bused into a school with predominantly white, middle-class students. Based on information from your text, why is she likely to have difficulty?

"Like them better." "Give more rewards to them." "Believe they are more pleasant." All these describe __________.

In which of the following cases would social identity threat NOT be likely to occur?

When prejudiced people say, "They all look alike to me," they are illustrating the __________.

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

Both benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are alike in that they __________.

When asked to imagine someone who fits the description "construction worker," many people picture a man in a hard hat and work clothes. Such mental images of a group of people are examples of ___________.

Which of the following examples best captures the social-psychological concept of a stereotype?

Many researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques. Researchers such as Gaertner and his colleagues (1990) believe that one reason why such techniques work is that small, cooperative learning groups __________.

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n) __________.

Shane believes that women are more dependent, more nurturing, more intuitive, and less rational than men. These are examples of Shane's __________ women.

Social neuroscientists propose that our natural tendency to group people and create categories is built into the brain and is __________.

Esmerelda just watched her football team from her university win the division championship. Based on the work of Cialdini, what is most likely to happen?

According to your text, as soon as we create a group "us," we perceive everyone else as "not us." This leads to __________.

The __________ is thought to measure unconscious prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face with a positive or negative association.

When Kendra challenged her friends on their prejudicial thinking, she was rejected by her group and no longer gets invitations to go out with them. This is a consequence of __________.

Social identity threat used to be termed __________.

Brad believes that all Buddhists live more fulfilling lives, are happier, and have a more superior religious philosophy than any other religion or faith. This belief represents Brad's __________.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Cognitive Dissonance and the Need to Protect Our Self-Esteem

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity and Obedience: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Attraction and Relationships: From Initial Impressions to Long-Term Intimacy

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Using Social Psychology to Achieve a Sustainable and Happy Future

Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology and the Law

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Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Which of the following people is most likely to experience social identity threat?

Shawna (who is Mexican American) has recently been bused into a school with predominantly white, middle-class students. Based on information from your text, why is she likely to have difficulty?

"Like them better." "Give more rewards to them." "Believe they are more pleasant." All these describe __________.

In which of the following cases would social identity threat NOT be likely to occur?

When prejudiced people say, "They all look alike to me," they are illustrating the __________.

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

Both benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are alike in that they __________.

When asked to imagine someone who fits the description "construction worker," many people picture a man in a hard hat and work clothes. Such mental images of a group of people are examples of ___________.

Which of the following examples best captures the social-psychological concept of a stereotype?

Many researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of cooperative learning techniques. Researchers such as Gaertner and his colleagues (1990) believe that one reason why such techniques work is that small, cooperative learning groups __________.

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n) __________.

Shane believes that women are more dependent, more nurturing, more intuitive, and less rational than men. These are examples of Shane's __________ women.

Social neuroscientists propose that our natural tendency to group people and create categories is built into the brain and is __________.

Esmerelda just watched her football team from her university win the division championship. Based on the work of Cialdini, what is most likely to happen?

According to your text, as soon as we create a group "us," we perceive everyone else as "not us." This leads to __________.

The __________ is thought to measure unconscious prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face with a positive or negative association.

When Kendra challenged her friends on their prejudicial thinking, she was rejected by her group and no longer gets invitations to go out with them. This is a consequence of __________.

Social identity threat used to be termed __________.

Brad believes that all Buddhists live more fulfilling lives, are happier, and have a more superior religious philosophy than any other religion or faith. This belief represents Brad's __________.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Cognitive Dissonance and the Need to Protect Our Self-Esteem

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity and Obedience: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Attraction and Relationships: From Initial Impressions to Long-Term Intimacy

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Using Social Psychology to Achieve a Sustainable and Happy Future

Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology and the Law

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