Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss how we use stereotypes about others to define ourselves.

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Question 4

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

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Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) Just world belief 
B) The illusory correlation 
C) Solo status 
D) Subtyping

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) When you see the person at the health club. 
B) When you see the person at church. 
C) When you see the person at the mall. 
D) When you see the person in a nursing home.

Question 7

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

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Question 8

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.

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Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

A) Accessibility 
B) Perceived threat 
C) Perceptual similarity 
D) All of the above

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) Always operates automatically. 
B) Economizes social thinking. 
C) Frees up resources for other cognitive tasks. 
D) Guides social judgments.

Question 11

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

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Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) A minority group member 
B) A majority group member 
C) All stereotypes are equally inaccurate.
True-False

Question 14

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

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Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) Situational;dispositional 
B) Dispositional;situational 
C) We explain the behavior of ingroup and outgroup members in the same way.

Question 16

Which group is most connected with a positive stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A) Asian Americans 
B) Gay males 
C) Poor people 
D) Obese people

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which is not an example of a primary social category?

Accepted Answer

A) Religion 
B) Race 
C) Gender 
D) Age

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) Someone with 2 Black parents 
B) Someone with 1 Black and 1 White parent 
C) Someone with 1 Black and 3 White grandparents 
D) All of the above

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?