Exam 7: Prejudice: Foundations, Causes, Effects, and Remedies

Individuals who identify with multiple and diverse groups exhibit ______, whereas people with social identities connected to fewer and more similar groups exhibit

Ingroup and outgroup bias is beneficial from an evolutionary perspective because they promote

Studies show that once someone in power forms a stereotyped judgment, his or her opinion is resistant to change because of

___________ occurs when an individual's identity is heavily based on a characteristic for which there are strong stereotypes, and as a result, he or she has a heightened awareness of that stereotype, as well as the possibility of it occurring.

The Living Library encourages people to become more

One personal variable related to a person's tendency to stereotype is his or her need for predictability and order in life. This is also known as

Recent research on ingroup bias found that when people feel _________________ for others, their brain releases chemicals like oxytocin.

Stereotypes persist because we tend to pay more attention to information consistent with our views rather than contrary to our views. This is also known as a

____________ ethnocentrism involves recognizing our tendency toward ethnocentrism and trying to understand and/or empathize with the norms of different cultures.

According to the text, people in _______________ who participated in the Living Library became dramatically less prejudiced against members of the LGBT and Roma communities.