Exam 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Ingrid holds the stereotype that girls who belong to sororities are not very smart. Suppose that she represses this stereotype most of the time, as she in fact wants to give everyone an equal chance before judging them. Despite her general well-intentioned efforts, in which case is she most likely to employ her stereotype?

Max is on a date with Ella. Ella is an obese woman. People around Max look at him as if he is less successful than he actually is because he is on a date with an obese woman. This is an example of ________________.

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. However, as discussed in the textbook, one exception to this pattern is when a member of the other group appears to be ____. In that case, he or she is well-remembered and well-recognized.

Suppose that Paul is gay, but he does not fit your stereotype of gay people: He wears baggy jeans, constantly swears, has sloppy table manners, and enjoys sports. Instead of changing the way you think about gay people as a group, however, you just decide that Paul belongs to a special class of gay people ("gay jocks"). This would be an example of ____.

The tendency to focus more on evidence that confirms rather than refutes one's expectations is called ____.

The human mind appears to be innately programmed to think about people as individuals, rather than to engage in social categorization (by clumping people into social groups).

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

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

Research concerning prejudice against atheists suggests that ____.

Compared to when two individuals compete, when two groups of people compete, they tend to be extreme and hostile. This is known as ____.

The discontinuity effect refers to ____.

The idea that people blame their problems and misfortunes on outgroups, and hold negative attitudes toward outgroups accordingly, is known as ____.

Research on the economics of sports suggests that ____.

Positive intergroup contact can effectively reduce prejudice through ____.

White people who are prejudiced against blacks, but externally motivated to respond without prejudice, tend to behave in unprejudiced ways when trying to look good or say the right thing in the presence of others. Right after being released from such pressure, they ____.

When black players entered the major league market for English football, they were ____.

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

Compared to others, obese people tend to be rated as ____.

Randi believes that, compared to white people, Asian people are spiritual. Randi's belief is best characterized as an example of ____.

According to the textbook, there are a number of contemporary societies that are completely peaceful, and do not have any form of competition or intergroup strife. On the downside, however, these societies tend to ____.