Exam 8: What Causes Us to Hold Biases Against Outgroups

The test bias in some of the national standardized tests that privileged upper-class college students is reflective of the _______ approach of prejudice.

Considering the views and standards of our own ingroup as much more important than those of any outgroup is a description of

Stereotyping is inevitable in everyday social intergroup interactions.

A _______ would stay quiet or even chime/join in when their friends start to bully another minority member.

According to the text, "fundamental attribution error" refers to the idea of underestimating _______ factors and overestimating _______ factors in explaining outgroup members' undesirable events.

Identify one of the three communication degrees of ethnocentrism, citing an example.

A microaggression can be intentional or unintentional.

To reduce prejudice, it is important to recognize that others may have experiences that we may not be able to fully grasp.

Using the two axes (high/low prejudiced attitudes and high/low discriminatory practices) of the Prejudice-Discrimination Typology, identify and describe one of the four types and give an example.

Mai believes that all cultures are the same as her own superior culture and that all other cultural communities should follow her cultural norms and practices. According to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), Mai is in which state of ethnocentrism?

During the selective _______ part of the perception process, Richard picks out cues from his cultural landscape, selectively choosing from incoming data.

The first part of the perception process involves making interpretations of the data we receive.

Which is not a characteristic of mindful stereotyping?

"I thought you'd talk a lot more with your hands because you're Italian" is an example of which form of microaggression?