Exam 2: Categorization and Stereotyping: Cognitive Processes

People who believe in a just world tend to assume that poor people are victims of unemployment.

Research on hypodescent shows that it takes more evidence to categorize a mixed-race person as White than it does to categorize the person as Black.

Discuss how we use stereotypes about others to define ourselves.

Show how a stereotype is both a useful cognitive tool and a source of prejudice.

Stereotyping others to help explain and justify their disadvantage is consistent with:

In what context are you most likely to view an elderly person in stereotypic terms?

Why do you think it is harder to identify our outgroups than our ingroups?

Asian Americans are often thought of a the "model minority".Discuss the source of that label,and why being positively stereotyped may be as limiting as being negatively stereotyped.

The solo status effect e.g. ,being the only Asian student in a class)on others' perceptions is most related to which factor that guides social categorization?

Which statement is not true about social categorization? Social categorization:

Give an example of a group that is positively stereotyped and describe the stereotypical beliefs held about members of that group.

Social categories that are accessible-that we use often-take precedence over those we use infrequently.

According to research,who is most likely to have an accurate stereotype of the outgroup?

Referring to the concept of solo status,discuss how school uniforms affect social categorization of students by other students and by teachers.

Generally,in explaining the behavior of outgroup members we cite _____ but use _____ to explain the ingroup's actions.

Which group is most connected with a positive stereotype?

Categorizing someone as either young or old occurs in less than a second.

Which is not an example of a primary social category?

The ultimate attribution error occurs when we hold outgroup members more responsible for the behavior than ingroup members.

According to the principle of hypodescent,which person would be categorized as Black?