Exam 7: The Development of Prejudice in Children

Children develop an understanding of the categories "White people" and "Black peo- ple" earlier than other categories. What processes would developmental intergroup theory use to explain this age difference in the development of social categories?

In the-------------------classroom learning technique, each student takes primary responsibility for learning one part of a lesson and then teaches that material to other team members.

Observational learning of prejudice can occur

Infants show awareness of some social categories. Awareness of which of the follow- ing categories emerges first?

Research has demonstrated that other-gender discrimination

According to John Duckitt's analysis, children who are socialized to see the world as-------------------tend to develop social dominance orientation.

According to John Duckitt's analysis, having parents who engage in-------------------child-rearing practices are one basis for a person's developing right-wing authoritar- ian attitudes.

Research results suggest that children become aware of racial categories because they see adults making distinctions between people on the basis of race. This finding is most consistent with-------------------theories of the development of prejudice in children.

Which of the following statements about the development of prejudice in minority group children is true?

Which of the following statements about children's awareness of social categories is true?

Which of the following research techniques is used to determine older children's awareness of social categories?

Explain why it is useful for children to categorize people, objects, and events in their environment.

Define category constancy. Explain the role that category constancy plays in children's categorization of people into social groups.

Which of the following statements about the development of prejudice in minority group children is true?

According to your text, why do all the Black kids sit together in the cafeteria?

Distinguish between direct and indirect teaching of prejudice and give an example of each.

Jamal is least likely to develop an authoritarian personality if

Of the following social categories, explicit awareness of-------------------emerges last.

The developmental pattern for prejudice in minority group children differs from that in majority group children because

Describe the doll technique and describe one research finding based on that technique.