Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Recall Muzafer Sherif's research with two groups of 11-year-old boys camping at Robber's Cave (the "Eagles" and the "Rattlers"). The groups were fiercely competitive for several weeks. What triggered a peaceful reconciliation? That is, how was their animosity finally brought to an end?

Loretta is a Native American female. Which of the following is the BEST example of someone who is an outgroup member to Loretta?

Stereotypes are generally quite inaccurate.

In the year following the ____, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission received 706 complaints of workplace discrimination against Arab Americans, 383 more than in the year before the event.

Muzafer Sherif's "Robber's Cave study," in which groups of 11-year-old boys at a summer camp were first pitted against one another and then asked to work cooperatively, is often cited as evidence for ________________ theory.

An example of ____ against Native Americans would be the practice of keeping them on reservations instead of letting them live wherever they want.

Which of the following findings has been most frequently interpreted as evidence for scapegoat theory?

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

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

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

Research suggests that important processes allow American blacks to maintain high self-esteem relative to whites. Which of the following has NOT been shown to help American blacks maintain self-esteem?

Jayne firmly believes that prejudice is wrong, and works hard to consciously overcome any stereotypes she feels might interfere with her judgments. Jayne has an External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice.

Research examining differences between prejudiced people and non-prejudiced people suggests that, in general, non-prejudiced people ____.

As described in the text, college students sometimes stereotype female professors as less competent than male professors. However, this stereotype only seems to surface ____.

Christian constantly complains about immigrants and blames them for problems he encounters at work, for personal financial problems, and even for personal romantic problems. As he sees it, virtually everything is "their fault." Not surprisingly, and in part as a result of this pattern of blaming, Christian also holds a rather negative view of immigrant groups. Which of the following best captures Christian's pattern of behavior?

Research on inoculation against the stereotype threat was conducted on ____.

The idea that regular interactions among members of different groups reduce prejudice, so long as the interactions occur under favorable conditions, is known as ____.

The view that prejudice and stereotyping are morally wrong ____.

The term "salience" can be loosely defined as "that which is flexible or changeable according to the situation."

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 ____.