Question 1

Sheri believes that her sorority is superior to all of the others and is the most prominent sorority on campus. A social psychologist would say that Sheri is exhibiting

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A)   ethnocentrism
B)   discrimination
C)   rationalization
D)   prejudice

Question 2

Surveys have shown that

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A)   the majority of whites still endorse old-fashioned racism
B)   the main supporters of old-fashioned racism are older whites
C)   old-fashioned racism is expressed equally among educated and uneducatedGroups
D)   the majority of whites are actively in favor of affirmative action and busing

Question 3

Stereotypes that individuals are not aware they hold are called ________.

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Question 4

Category-based processing can generate false memories.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Prejudice refers to negative ________ by members of an ingroup toward members of an outgroup.

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A)   beliefs
B)   feelings
C)   behaviors
D)   all of the above

Question 6

According to optimal distinctiveness theory, which social identity will best satisfy a person's needs?

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A)   thinking of one's self as a human being
B)   thinking of one's self as a member of one's immediate family
C)   thinking of one's self as an artist
D)   thinking of one's self as a member of a particular fraternity or sorority

Question 7

The outgroup homogeneity effect refers to the tendency to perceive any given member of the ingroup as more _________ than any member of the outgroup.

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Question 8

Category-based processing is a(n) ________ source of prejudice.

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Question 9

Social identity theorists have argued that people may have both a private self and a(n) ________ self.

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Question 10

People have a tendency to evaluate the attributes of outgroups more favorably than those of members of their own group.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Old-fashioned racism is made up of three components: racial superiority, racial segregation, and racial ________.

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Question 12

Identify and describe three cognitive processes that contribute to the formation and maintenance of prejudice.

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1. Social categorization: This cognitive...

Question 13

Which of the following is an advantage of category-based processing?

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A)   It allows for more thorough cognitive processing.
B)   It elicits more positive evaluations.
C)   It allows us to go beyond the information we are given.
D)   It inhibits the formation of prejudices.

Question 14

In a study of the effects of prejudice, Munro and Ditto (1997)  asked participants to read two different articles, one concluding that homosexuality was associated with psychopathology and the other concluding that it was not. Participants who were more prejudiced against homosexuals

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A)   were less certain about their views after reading the articles
B)   were more convinced by the less derogatory report
C)   were less influenced by the articles than those who were less prejudiced
D)   responded more favorably to the more derogatory report

Question 15

________ is less tedious and simpler than attribute-based processing.

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Category-b...

Question 16

Which is NOT an assumption of social identity theory?

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A)   People are motivated to achieve through feelings of competition with outgroup members.
B)   People derive a sense of self-esteem from their social identity as members of anIngroup.
C)   People's self-concepts are partly dependent on how they evaluate the ingroupRelative to other groups.
D)   People categorize the world into ingroups and outgroups.

Question 17

Stereotypes are beliefs, whereas discrimination involves ________.

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Question 18

What specific requirements are necessary, according to contact theory, for contact to result in the reduction of prejudice?

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According to contact theory, there are f...

Question 19

Realistic group conflict theory argues that racism is due to

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A)   personality characteristics that encourage prejudice, such as authoritarianism
B)   competition between groups for scarce resources
C)   clashes between the motives of the ingroup and the outgroup
D)   cognitive biases that promote categorization and subtyping

Question 20

Lord and colleagues (1984)  asked subjects whether they would host a gay prospective student. The researchers found that subjects were most willing to help when

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A)   the student was similar to them
B)   the student fit the stereotype of a "typical" gay man
C)   they were high in authoritarianism
D)   they were given very little time to make the decision

Exam 6: Prejudice

Stereotypes are beliefs, whereas discrimination involves ________.

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Surveys have shown that

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Category-based processing can generate false memories.

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Sheri believes that her sorority is superior to all of the others and is the most prominent sorority on campus. A social psychologist would say that Sheri is exhibiting

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Realistic group conflict theory argues that racism is due to

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According to optimal distinctiveness theory, which social identity will best satisfy a person's needs?

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________ is less tedious and simpler than attribute-based processing.

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Stereotypes that individuals are not aware they hold are called ________.

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Which of the following is an advantage of category-based processing?

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Old-fashioned racism is made up of three components: racial superiority, racial segregation, and racial ________.

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Identify and describe three cognitive processes that contribute to the formation and maintenance of prejudice.

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Social identity theorists have argued that people may have both a private self and a(n) ________ self.

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What specific requirements are necessary, according to contact theory, for contact to result in the reduction of prejudice?

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The outgroup homogeneity effect refers to the tendency to perceive any given member of the ingroup as more _________ than any member of the outgroup.

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Which is NOT an assumption of social identity theory?

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Prejudice refers to negative ________ by members of an ingroup toward members of an outgroup.

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Category-based processing is a(n) ________ source of prejudice.

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People have a tendency to evaluate the attributes of outgroups more favorably than those of members of their own group.

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Lord and colleagues (1984) asked subjects whether they would host a gay prospective student. The researchers found that subjects were most willing to help when

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In a study of the effects of prejudice, Munro and Ditto (1997) asked participants to read two different articles, one concluding that homosexuality was associated with psychopathology and the other concluding that it was not. Participants who were more prejudiced against homosexuals

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