Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Which of the following is NOT a component of an attitude?

Julius is African American and Mike is White; both are basketball players for high-school teams. They both score the same number of baskets and have similar records of assists, rebounds, and free throws. According to information from your text, who would be viewed as having more athletic ability and as having played a better game overall?

How does group membership-even in minimal groups-contribute to prejudice and discrimination?

According to your text, prejudice can be considered a(n) __________.

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

If someone from Texas and someone from Massachusetts were asked about their stereotypes of Hollywood actors, they would probably have remarkably similar stereotypes. This is because stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture on a large scale through __________.

Recall that Sherif and his colleagues (1951) created conflict between two groups of boys in a summer camp. Once in-group cohesiveness was established, they set up a series of competitive situations such as tug-of-war and other competitive games. Conflict between the two groups escalated. Sherif and his colleagues were only successful in reducing conflict and hostility when __________.

At a baby shower, one of the games was to have the men who attended the party compete to see who could change a diaper the fastest. This game very likely elicited __________.

A number of colleges, universities, and corporations are encouraged to hire equally qualified women and minorities for high status positions. In support of this practice, some argue that the paucity of women and minorities inadvertently communicates to students and workers that members of these groups are not as competent or worthy of consideration. In essence, those who support the diversification of the workforce point to __________ as a source of negative stereotypes and prejudice.

The bogus pipeline is an instrument that was developed to measure attitudes that are otherwise difficult to measure because __________.

A person who believes in a just world would likely believe that a date-rape victim should __________.

An in-group is a group with which individuals __________.

Social neuroscientists have found that the __________ is an area of the brain that is active when viewing pictures of members of a group other than yours.

Who originally coined the term "stereotype"?

One of your friends holds very negative stereotypes about Ugandans. Which of the following is the best way to change your friend's stereotypes?

The amygdala is associated with which of the following functions of the brain?

Currently, research on the link between the IAT and actual behavior has shown __________.

At work, Julie is often told, "Get out of the way, this is man's work, little woman." Her male coworkers will often belittle her when she makes a tiny mistake, but let it slide when another man makes a similar mistake. Julie is experiencing __________ sexism.

Why does the jigsaw classroom yield such positive results with regard to self-esteem, achievement, and positive informal contact between children of various racial and ethnic groups?

Recall that Bridgeman (1981) conducted an experiment with ten-year-old children, half of whom had previously had two months' experience in a jigsaw classroom. In this experiment, she showed the youngsters a cartoon in which a little boy waves goodbye to his father at the airport, receives a package from the postman, and bursts into tears upon finding out that it contains a toy plane. Children who had two months' experience in the jigsaw groups were more likely than the control group to say that the __________.