Exam 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes

Which of the following is true according to social learning theories of prejudice?

People with authoritarian personalities have unusually strong personality needs for scapegoating and projection.

If someone minimizes,avoids,or denies undesirable characteristics in himself/herself by exaggerating those same characteristics in others,they are engaging in:

One's position in society's ranking system as represented particularly by such criteria as income,education,and occupation is called:

In a study by Hartley (1946)respondents were asked about their attitudes concerning a variety of ethnic groups,including "Danireans," "Pirraneans," and "Wallonians." The study found that those people who were antagonistic towards blacks and Jews were also antagonistic toward these other three groups.The catch is that none of the three groups exist! This suggests that causes of prejudice can be found in the characteristics of:

The tendency to take out one's feelings of frustration and aggression on someone other than the true source of the frustration is called:

White Americans are more likely to be supportive of equal rights for women (of all races)than of equal rights for black (men and women).

What is the difference between cognitive and affective prejudice?

Rather than focus on the personality needs of the individual,social scientists who study social learning and conformity as causes of prejudice usually look at:

Which of the following is a characteristic of a stereotype?

Attitudes and beliefs involving a tendency to prejudge people,usually negatively and usually on the basis of a single personal characteristic,without any objective basis for making such a judgment are called:

Which of the following are the three forms of prejudice mentioned in the text?

Adorno found that prejudice is a generalized attitude.

Persons in lower socioeconomic groups tend to be:

How can peer groups get members to conform to norms that may be prejudiced against others? What happens to those who don't conform?

The tendency to view one's own group as the norm and other groups not only as different but also strange and,usually inferior is called:

When people's ability to engage in complex thinking or thoughtful reflection is increased,people tend to fall back on stereotypes.

The tendency to think of or react to everyone in the same category (ex.black,Chinese,female or gay)in a more or less fixed way,based on the category is called:

All stereotypes are negative or derogatory.

Prejudiced people tend to be unconcerned about status.