Deck 27: A: Reading

Question 1

In the Word et al. study on interracial interaction, all of the following were significant results except:

A) white interviewers sat closer to white applicants than to black applicants.
B) white interviewers made fewer speech errors talking with black applicants than with white applicants.
C) white interviewers spent less time with black applicants than with white applicants.
D) job applicants in the "nonimmediate" condition were judged to be less adequate for the job than job applicants in the "immediate" condition.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Word et al. found in their second experiment that when confederates mimicked the nonverbal behavior that white interviewers demonstrated toward black applicants in the first experiment:

A) the applicants' performance in the second experiment was rated more poorly than when the confederate mimicked the nonverbal behavior in the white/white pairings.
B) the applicants were more angry and hostile during the interview than when the confederate mimicked the nonverbal behavior in the white/white pairings.
C) did not respond to the changes in the nonverbal immediacy of the interviewer.
D) the applicants moved their chairs closer to the interview than when the confederate mimicked the nonverbal behavior in the white/white pairings.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to Word et al., the practical, "real world" implications of their findings on self-fulfilling prophecies in interracial interactions are most applicable to the problem of:

A) black unemployment.
B) race riots.
C) affirmative action.
D) desegregation.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The general hypothesis of the Word et al. study on interaction between whites and blacks is that:

A) black job applicants will respond to what they perceive as whites' negative attitudes toward them with increased friendliness, in an attempt to change the whites' negative evaluations of them.
B) whites and blacks will engage in a sequence of nonverbal, reciprocal interactions that result in a self-fulfilling prophecy.
C) black job applicants will receive the same amount of "immediate" nonverbal communications from a white interviewer as will white job applicants.
D) all recipients of more "immediate" non-verbal communications-regardless of race-will be judged more harshly than recipients of less "immediate" non-verbal communications.

Question 5

Word et al. draw on the findings from a number of related studies to develop a rationale for their experiment on interracial interactions. Which of the following researchers do they mention as being associated with the idea that "blackness" is a stigmatizing trait in American society?

A) Merton
B) Rosenthal
C) Mehrabian
D) Goffman