Exam 9: Prejudice: Disliking Others

John fails a chemistry test.He goes back to his apartment and criticizes his roommate's choice of music.What term best describes John's behavior?

Samkelo is the only Black employee in his workplace.Though he is competent,his White colleagues as well as his boss consider him dull and incapable of good performance.Samkelo is anxious and under tremendous pressure.Consequently,he is unable to meet his target and his productivity is low.In the context of psychology,Samkelo seems to have responded to ________.

Which of the following characterizes an ethnocentric individual?

According to Hideg and Ferris (2016),benevolent sexism,though sounding positive,may still impede gender equity by ________.

Ida is the captain of her school's soccer team.She believes that the members of her team are more diverse in terms of skill,experience,and possessing game strategies than the members of the rival soccer team.She perceives the rival team members to be alike in all aspects.In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice,this scenario illustrates ________.

Identify a region in the brain that underlies fear and aggression and facilitates such automatic responding.

In the context of prejudice,which of the following illustrates stereotyping?

________ are exceptions to a group;________ are acknowledged as a part of an overall diverse group.

People high in social dominance orientation are most likely to:

Which statement illustrates discrimination?

Mary tells you that the reason people live in poverty is because they are lazy.Mary's thinking is an example of the ________ phenomenon.

You are Black,and you have difficulty recognizing the White customers who were in your store during a robbery.This is an example of:

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

Identify a true statement about distinctive events and illusory correlations.

Your co-worker tells you that she has both a pet snake and a pet dog at home.In the context of distinctiveness,you are most likely to describe her to new office employees as a:

A tendency to favor one's own group is called:

Identify a true statement about the effect of stereotypes on the judgments of individuals.

Kayla's grandparents emigrated from Europe.Kayla holds a strong belief that the people of her group and descent are superior to all others.She can accurately be described as a(n):

According to Ellemers et al.(1997)and Moscatelli et al.(2014),a person is more prone than others to ingroup bias when ________.

Karen's idea about what all football players are like is based on her knowledge of Tim Tebow.Which of the following is a problem with Karen's perception?