Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

There is debate over whether the Implicit Association Test actually measures implicit prejudice. What is this debate about, and what might the IAT be measuring if not implicit prejudice?

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cooperative learning?

The author of the text outlines a study completed in Seattle that looked at statistics associated with Seattle's war on drugs and their success in fighting that war. While Seattle is 70% White, two-thirds of those arrested for drug violations are Black. Further, most of the arrests have specifically targeted drug markets that are predominantly Black. What do the researchers conclude about the police department's drug enforcement efforts?

According to your text, weak leaders and governments often select a minority group to use as a(n)__________.

In discussing institutionalized discrimination, the author of the text presents the idea of having both male and female professors rate a job application for a lab manager. In the experiment, the resume is identical with the exception of the assignment of a male or a female name. What did this experiment show?

__________ is to personal attribution for misfortune as __________ is to situational attribution for misfortune.

Alexis is an engineer with an aeronautical company. She feels that her gender affects the way the other engineers interact with her. This is most likely due to __________.

An expectation of one's own or another person's behavior that comes true because of the tendency of the person holding it to act in ways that bring it about is called __________.

Prejudice against ethnic minorities is well-known. Which of the following is true about the limits of who experiences prejudice?

When failing to confront someone's prejudice, an individual will suffer __________ and justify their inaction. This will result in their being __________ likely to confront someone in the future.

An instructor divides her class into two groups: those who prefer chocolate candy, and those who prefer fruit-flavored candy. By doing this, the instructor has created __________.

Men who are "benevolent sexists" have positive feelings about women as a group, but __________.

__________ are practices that discriminate, legally or illegally, against a minority group by virtue of its ethnicity, gender, culture, age, sexual orientation, or other targets of societal or company prejudice.

Ken needs help with his algebra homework. He looks around the room at his new roommates and blurts out, "Hiro, you're good at math, right? You can help me with my homework." Because Hiro is Japanese American, Ken assumes he's good at math. This represents a(n) __________.

Stereotyping is a way of __________ the complex information around us, and thus is sometimes __________.

According to the research by Aronson and his colleagues (2006) on overcoming social identity threat, which of the following statements would help a female taking a math exam?

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.

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice and discrimination often follow from __________.

When "Whitened" (removing any references to minority ethnicity) and "non-Whitened" resumes were sent to job ads posted on online career sites, what happened?

According to the authors, one nearly inevitable consequence of being the target of relentless prejudice is __________.