Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

According to the textbook, which of the following statements is most accurate regarding prejudice towards Arabs and Muslims living in the United States?

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?

How does prejudice regarding overweight and obesity compare to racism and sexism?

Chuck is a middle-aged white man who is extremely liberal politically, and firm in his belief that all ethnic and racial groups should be given equal opportunities to succeed. Even so, Chuck never had friends who were minorities when he was growing up, and he sometimes feels uncomfortable interacting with minorities. Chuck is most likely ____.

Describe the strategies available to overcome stereotypes and reduce prejudice.

Research suggests that black students tend to perform better on academic exams when they experience stereotype threat than when they don't.

The term "salience" is best defined as ____.

During the second phase of the Robber's Cave experiment, the boys from the Eagles and the Rattlers had ____ contact with each other.

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

People who belong to the same category as yourself are called ____.

Suppose that Jose was born and raised in Mexico, and that-even though he has never been to the U.S.-he holds a number of stereotypes about Americans. According to the text, these stereotypes are most likely based on ____.

Groups are more influenced by competition than individuals are. This effect has been dubbed the ________________.

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the relationship between salience and stereotype formation?

In Muzafer Sherif's research with 11-year-old boys at a summer camp in Robber's Cave, it was found that ____ tended to increase prejudice, while ____ tended to reduce it.

In the contemporary U.S., in general, ____ have the highest levels of self-esteem; followed by ____ followed by ____.

Research examining whether women and men are more or less tolerant of female lesbian behavior versus male gay behavior has found that ____.

Certain features of objects or people are more noticeable or obvious than others. Features that are more obvious are called ________________.

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

According to the textbook, is competition something that exists across the world, in all known cultures, or are there cultures that are completely peaceful?

____ refer to characteristics of people that are considered socially unacceptable-for example, mental illnesses, disabilities, or scars.