Exam 12: Prejudice

Janet Swim and Lawrence Sanna (1996)systematically studied a series of 58 experiments conducted over the last 20 years.These researchers found that when men succeed at a given task,participants attribute their success to ability,whereas when women succeed at that same task,participants attribute their success to hard work.These findings are significant because they suggest that

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In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

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Self-fulfilling prophecies involve behaving in ways that actually elicit from other people the very behaviours that we initially expected.If we hold inaccurate stereotypes about members of out-groups,we might treat them consistently with our stereotypes.Our behaviour toward them might well bring forth from them the very behaviours or characteristics that we erroneously expected,based on our stereotypes.These behaviours then bolster our faith in our stereotypes,and might actually bolster our prejudice and our tendency to discriminate against out-group members.

_______ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might behave in a way that confirms existing cultural stereotypes.

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Discrimination is the _______ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.

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Which of the following correlations would be predicted by the principles of Realistic Conflict Theory?

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Question 5

Even nonprejudiced participants in research by Patricia Devine (1989)can recognize such negative stereotypes as "Jews are money-hungry" or "homosexual men are effeminate." Still,nonprejudiced participants do not endorse those stereotypes.This is because the activation of stereotypes is _,whereas the refutation of stereotypes is _.

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Janet Swim and Lawrence Sanna (1996)systematically studied a series of 58 experiments conducted over the last 20 years.These researchers found that when men succeed at a given task,participants attribute his success to _,whereas when women succeed at that same task,participants attribute their success to _.

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

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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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Research by Sinclair and Kunda (1999)found that people are most likely to inhibit the activation of their racial stereotypes if

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Alice's three children are driving her crazy.They are constantly squabbling,calling one another names,and generally tormenting one another.To preserve what's left of her sanity,Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along.What is the best way to do this?

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Question 11

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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Question 12

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

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When the identity of a group was threatened by absorption into an out-group (Wohl et al.,2011)(e.g.,if Canada were about to become part of the US),the response of those who strongly identify with their group was

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Vorauer and Kumhyr (2001)paired up Aboriginal and white Canadians in conversation.Each person made ratings of his or her own partner and predicted how his or her partner perceived them.The conclusion for the study was that

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

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Question 16

Marianne has grown up believing that all Native Canadians are unintelligent and lazy.One day she attends a lecture by Judge Murray Sinclair,an educated and articulate Native Canadian.Research conducted at the University of Waterloo by Kunda and Oleson (1997)would predict that,on the basis of this encounter it is most likely that

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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?

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Question 18

Correll and colleagues (2002)had white participants play a video game in which they were supposed to hit the "shoot" button when they saw photographs of young men who had guns,but were supposed to hit the "don't shoot" button when the young men did not have a gun.They made the most errors when ,and made the least errors when .

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Question 19

According to the text,one way to lower prejudice is to

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In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

_______ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might behave in a way that confirms existing cultural stereotypes.

Discrimination is the _______ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.

Which of the following correlations would be predicted by the principles of Realistic Conflict Theory?

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

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

Research by Sinclair and Kunda (1999)found that people are most likely to inhibit the activation of their racial stereotypes if

Alice's three children are driving her crazy.They are constantly squabbling,calling one another names,and generally tormenting one another.To preserve what's left of her sanity,Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along.What is the best way to do this?

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

When the identity of a group was threatened by absorption into an out-group (Wohl et al.,2011)(e.g.,if Canada were about to become part of the US),the response of those who strongly identify with their group was

Vorauer and Kumhyr (2001)paired up Aboriginal and white Canadians in conversation.Each person made ratings of his or her own partner and predicted how his or her partner perceived them.The conclusion for the study was that

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

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?

According to the text,one way to lower prejudice is to

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Exam 12: Prejudice

In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

_______ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might behave in a way that confirms existing cultural stereotypes.

Discrimination is the _______ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.

Which of the following correlations would be predicted by the principles of Realistic Conflict Theory?

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

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

Research by Sinclair and Kunda (1999)found that people are most likely to inhibit the activation of their racial stereotypes if

Alice's three children are driving her crazy.They are constantly squabbling,calling one another names,and generally tormenting one another.To preserve what's left of her sanity,Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along.What is the best way to do this?

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

When the identity of a group was threatened by absorption into an out-group (Wohl et al.,2011)(e.g.,if Canada were about to become part of the US),the response of those who strongly identify with their group was

Vorauer and Kumhyr (2001)paired up Aboriginal and white Canadians in conversation.Each person made ratings of his or her own partner and predicted how his or her partner perceived them.The conclusion for the study was that

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

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?

According to the text,one way to lower prejudice is to

Introduction to Social Psychology

Methodology

Social Cognition

Social Perception

The Self Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Conformity

Group Processes

Interpersonal Attraction

Prosocial Behaviour

Aggression

Social Psychology in Action 1

Social Psychology in Action 2

Social Psychology in Action 3

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