Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

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 ____.

Aversive racism most captures the idea that ____.

Jake is about to interact with his new roommate. Jake is white, and is worried that his African American roommate will think he is prejudiced. He is worried that he might say something that could be taken as a sign of prejudice. Jake is experiencing ____.

Jussim and Harber's (2005) research on the self-fulfilling prophecy and in the classroom found that ____.

Implicit prejudices and explicit prejudices are ____ to each other.

Technically speaking, the term "homophobia" refers to excessive ________________ of homosexuals or homosexual behavior.

Social psychologists use the term ________________ to refer to the unequal treatment of different people based on the groups or categories to which they belong.

Technically speaking, the term "homophobia" refers to excessive ____ homosexuals or homosexual behavior.

Suppose that Madison has just begun dating Wayne. While at his house, she notices some family photos on the coffee table. She notices that-even though Wayne himself is not overweight-every other member of his family is clearly obese. Somehow, this makes Wayne seem less attractive to Madison. Madison's attitude illustrates ____.

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

Francois is at a bar and asks a beautiful woman for her phone number. Suppose the woman rebuffs him and calls him a creep. Which of the following responses BEST exemplifies the outgroup homogeneity bias?

In the ABCs of intergroup relationships, B stands for ____.

Which of the following statements would be strongly endorsed by a person who measures high on hostile sexism?

Mark is a Southern gentleman. He always stands up when a woman enters the room and offers her his chair. He is quick to get the doors for his female companions, and he always pays when they go out. Mark probably scores high on ____.

If something is said to be "salient," then it ____.

Suppose that some people have just been randomly assigned to two different teams. Research suggests that these people would be likely to exhibit discriminatory behavior (favoring the ingroup, and disfavoring the outgroup) ____.

Research shows that job applicants are rated more negatively if they are shown sitting next to an obese woman. This effect is called ____.

Prejudice against atheists seems most rooted in ____.

Jennifer is a student at UCLA. When asked to describe the average UCLA student, she says it is almost impossible to do so because "there are so many different kinds of people at UCLA; the diversity is really amazing." By contrast, when asked to describe the average USC student, Jennifer says: "That's easy; they're all almost exactly the same." Social psychologists would say that Jennifer is displaying what is known as the ____.

As described in the text, the self-serving bias is most directly linked to ____.