Question 1

Give two examples of ways in which our perceptions breed stereotypes. Explain your answer with examples from the text.

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One way in which our perceptions breed s...

Question 2

Ingroup bias will result when the groups formed

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A)   share at least one demographic characteristic (e.g., racial identity) .
B)   share a birthday.
C)   share the last digit in their social insurance number.
D)   all of these choices.

Question 3

Research suggests that we are most prone to ingroup bias when

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A)   the ingroup is lower in status than the outgroup.
B)   one's self-esteem has just been threatened.
C)   we identify very strongly with the ingroup.
D)   all of these choices.

Question 4

Because we are sensitive to distinctive events, the simultaneous occurrence of two such events is especially noticeable. Our attentiveness to unusual occurrences can create

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A)   the group-serving bias.
B)   authoritarianism.
C)   the outgroup homogeneity effect.
D)   illusory correlations.

Question 5

The tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get is called

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A)   the justification effect.
B)   the just-world phenomenon.
C)   the peace phenomenon.
D)   the fundamental attribution error.

Question 6

Distinctive people and vivid occurrences

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A)   fail to capture our attention and do not affect our judgment.
B)   often capture our attention and distort judgments.
C)   are not responsible for stereotyping.
D)   both A and C.

Question 7

According to research on modern prejudice, we can have differing conscious and automatic attitudes towards the same target. This dynamic defines the

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A)   discrimination principle.
B)   dual attitude system.
C)   the foot-in-the door phenomenon.
D)   none of these choices.

Question 8

Meindl and Lerner found that ______________ provoked English-speaking Canadian students to express increased hostility toward French-speaking Canadians.

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A)   a happy event
B)   an unhappy event
C)   a humiliating experience
D)   an uplifting experience

Question 9

The tendency for people to more accurately recognize faces of their own race is called

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A)   outward bias.
B)   illusory correlation.
C)   self-serving bias.
D)   own-race bias.

Question 10

_______________ help(s)  us rationalize unequal status; _______________ help(s)  justify the economic and social superiority of those who have wealth and power.

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A)   Prejudice; stereotypes
B)   Stereotypes; prejudice
C)   Unequal status; prejudice
D)   Prejudice; unequal status

Question 11

According to Lee Jussim and colleagues, stereotypes may be

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A)   positive.
B)   accurate.
C)   inaccurate.
D)   all of these choices.

Question 12

Stereotyping is more likely to occur when

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A)   we are not preoccupied.
B)   we are not pressed for time.
C)   we are tired.
D)   we are not emotionally aroused.

Question 13

According to the social dominance orientation, individuals high in this orientation often ___________ policies that maintain hierarchies (i.e., tax cuts for the well-off)  and ___________ policies that undermine the hierarchy (i.e., affirmative action) .

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A)   support; support
B)   support; oppose
C)   oppose; oppose
D)   oppose; support

Question 14

Favouritism is to the ______________ as denigration is to the ______________.

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A)   rich; poor
B)   young; old
C)   in-group; out-group
D)   prejudiced; unprejudiced

Question 15

Prejudice is to _______________ as discrimination is to _______________.

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A)   belief; feeling
B)   generalization; practice
C)   attitude; behaviour
D)   stereotype; practice

Question 16

According to the text,

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A)   outgroup stereotypes prosper when people keenly feel their ingroup identity.
B)   at a club meeting we sense most strongly our differences from those in another club.
C)   when anticipating bias against our group we more strongly disparage the outgroup
D)   all of these choices.

Question 17

Langer and Imber found that

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A)   the extra attention we pay to distinctive people creates an illusion that they differ more from others than they really do.
B)   the extra attention we pay to distinctive people breeds disliking.
C)   the extra attention we pay to distinctive people breeds stereotyping.
D)   both B and C.

Question 18

Conformity

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A)   maintains gender prejudice.
B)   maintains stereotypes.
C)   cultural attitudes.
D)   none of these choices.

Question 19

Researchers suspect that the _______________ prominence given to the faces of men and the bodies of women both reflects and perpetuates _______________.

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A)   visual; gender bias
B)   visual; prejudice
C)   tactile; discrimination
D)   tactile; prejudice

Question 20

Schools reinforce

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A)   dominant cultural attitudes.
B)   cultural intuitions.
C)   attitudes.
D)   prejudice.

Exam 11: Sources of Prejudice

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_______________ help(s) us rationalize unequal status; _______________ help(s) justify the economic and social superiority of those who have wealth and power.

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Schools reinforce

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Research suggests that we are most prone to ingroup bias when

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Meindl and Lerner found that ______________ provoked English-speaking Canadian students to express increased hostility toward French-speaking Canadians.

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Conformity

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According to research on modern prejudice, we can have differing conscious and automatic attitudes towards the same target. This dynamic defines the

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According to the social dominance orientation, individuals high in this orientation often ___________ policies that maintain hierarchies (i.e., tax cuts for the well-off) and ___________ policies that undermine the hierarchy (i.e., affirmative action) .

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Stereotyping is more likely to occur when

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The tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get is called

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