Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

You have been set up on a blind date, and you find out that the date is with an investment banker. Suppose that you hold the stereotype that investment bankers are aggressive, rude, self-serving, and chauvinistic. If you are like most people, you will spend the evening

Research suggests that, in general, prejudiced people and non-prejudiced people differ from one another in terms of ____.

The tendency to focus more on evidence that confirms rather than refutes one's expectations is called ____.

Researchers dropped 100 unsealed envelopes containing money around the campus of a Swedish university. Half the letters were addressed to a person with a common Swedish surname (A. Andersson), whereas the other half of the letters were addressed to a person with a common Muslim surname (A. Abdullah). The researchers found that ____.

As described in the text, the self-serving bias is most directly linked to ____.

Which of the following BEST qualifies as an example of prejudice?

Mark is a Southern gentleman. He always stands up when a woman enters the room and offers her his chair. He is quick to get the doors for his female companions, and he always pays when they go out. Mark probably scores high on ____.

Research shows that job applicants are rated more negatively if they are shown sitting next to an obese woman. This effect is called ____.

Describe the so-called "scapegoat theory" of prejudice. What evidence is there for this theory? How else might this evidence be interpreted?

Categories that people use for individuals who do not fit a more general stereotype are called ____.

Describe the strategies available to overcome stereotypes and reduce prejudice.

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the human tendencies for prejudice and stereotyping?

As discussed in the textbook, people are most likely to base their stereotypes of a given outgroup on ____.

Research has shown that benevolent sexism is ____ for women's cognitive performance than hostile sexism.

The so-called "outgroup homogeneity bias" refers to the tendency for people to ____.

Which of the following statements would be strongly endorsed by a person who measures high on hostile sexism?

Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between salience and stereotype formation?

Research on the economics of sports suggests that ____.

According to research on prejudice and self-regulation, which of the following people would likely perform the best on a self-regulation task?

Researchers Plant and Devine have identified two basic motives that people have for overcoming prejudice: internal and external. According to these researchers, the external motive is based on ____.