Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Hostile sexism is worse than benevolent sexism for women's cognitive performance.

In the context of realistic conflict theory, the term "superordinate goal" refers to a goal that ____.

The term "____" refers to a negative attitude or feeling toward an individual based solely on that individual's membership in a certain group.

On average, black Americans have higher self-esteem than white Americans

Research has demonstrated that eyewitnesses are more accurate at identifying people of their own racial or ethnic group than they are at identifying people of other ethnic or racial groups. This tendency is most related to the so-called ____.

The human tendency for rapid, pervasive social categorization is most in line with the idea of ____.

Considering all the different stereotypes that people hold of different groups, are most stereotypes positive, negative, or neutral?

According to realistic group conflict theory, white people should show the most prejudice against minority groups when ____.

Research has demonstrated that endorsement of traditional stereotypes leads to the oppression of women.

Suppose that Ms. J. is a third-grade teacher. In her classroom, she requires that students study together in small, multi-ethnic workgroups, in which each group member is responsible for collecting and communicating to fellow group members a different type of information. It appears that Ms. J. is using the cooperative learning technique known as ____.

Discuss Muzafer Sherif's "Robber's Cave" research. What were the different phases of the research, what was found at each stage, and what were the overall conclusions regarding (a) the origins of prejudice and (b) prejudice reduction?

Recall Muzafer Sherif's research with two groups of 11-year boys camping at Robber's Cave (the "Eagles" and the "Rattlers"). Which of the following theories best accounts for the kind of prejudice that existed between these groups?

The human mind seems naturally inclined to ____.

Suppose that Tim is relatively prejudiced against college athletes (he believes that they are overly aggressive and nonintellectual), while Alex does not appear to be prejudiced against college athletes. Research suggests that Tim and Alex differ in that ____.

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

In a well-known study using archival data, researchers Hovland and Sears found that-in the southern U.S., between 1882 and 1930-there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents. This study has typically been interpreted as supporting ____.