Question 1

________ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might confirm to existing cultural stereotypes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Performance ambivalence 
B)  Stereotype threat 
C)  Stereotypic anxiety 
D)  Evaluation apprehension 
A)  Performance ambivalence 
B)  Stereotype threat 
C)  Stereotypic anxiety 
D)  Evaluation apprehension B

Question 2

Under which of the following conditions have Caucasian males shown signs of stereotype threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  when taking a math test in a room with women 
B)  when taking a math test in a room with Asian Americans 
C)  when taking a standardized test in a room with women and ethnic minorities 
D)  when taking a physics exam in a room with Germans 
A)  when taking a math test in a room with women 
B)  when taking a math test in a room with Asian Americans 
C)  when taking a standardized test in a room with women and ethnic minorities 
D)  when taking a physics exam in a room with Germans B

Question 3

In contemporary stereotyping research such as that conducted by Devine (1989), out-group stereotypes are typically activated by

Accepted Answer

A)  asking participants to interpret stories of in-group and out-group members. 
B)  exposing participants to "subliminal" cues associated with out-group members. 
C)  asking participants to generate as many out-group stereotypes as they can. 
D)  providing participants with out-group stereotypes and having participants refute them. 
A)  asking participants to interpret stories of in-group and out-group members. 
B)  exposing participants to "subliminal" cues associated with out-group members. 
C)  asking participants to generate as many out-group stereotypes as they can. 
D)  providing participants with out-group stereotypes and having participants refute them. B

Question 4

Critics of the Implicit Association Test propose that the best way to measure implicit prejudice is to observe people then they are

Accepted Answer

A)  spending money. 
B)  stressed or angry. 
C)  happy. 
D)  talking with friends. 
A)  spending money. 
B)  stressed or angry. 
C)  happy. 
D)  talking with friends.

Question 5

Researchers showed rival Princeton and Rutgers students videotapes of decisions made by a male character. Half the time the character was allegedly from the participants' university, and half the time, he was from the rival university. Participants then predicted what percentage of students at that university would make a decision similar to the target's. In support of their "out-group homogeneity" hypothesis, Quattrone and Jones found that participants viewed one person's behavior as predictive of his group when the

Accepted Answer

A)  target was a member of the rival school. 
B)  behavior in the videotape matched stereotypes. 
C)  target was a member of the participants' in-group. 
D)  behavior in the videotape was negative. 
A)  target was a member of the rival school. 
B)  behavior in the videotape matched stereotypes. 
C)  target was a member of the participants' in-group. 
D)  behavior in the videotape was negative.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Luke thinks all women are manipulative. 
B)  Ryan feels mistrustful of Jews. 
C)  Laura scoots over a few feet when an African American sits next to her in a waiting room. 
D)  Jenny believes that all Hispanics are fluent in Spanish and can cook terrific Tex-Mex food. 
A)  Luke thinks all women are manipulative. 
B)  Ryan feels mistrustful of Jews. 
C)  Laura scoots over a few feet when an African American sits next to her in a waiting room. 
D)  Jenny believes that all Hispanics are fluent in Spanish and can cook terrific Tex-Mex food.

Question 7

________ is to personal attribution for misfortune as ________ is to situational attribution for misfortune.

Accepted Answer

A)  Empathy; victim blame 
B)  Stereotype; ultimate attribution error 
C)  Victim blame; empathy 
D)  Lax standards; stringent standards 
A)  Empathy; victim blame 
B)  Stereotype; ultimate attribution error 
C)  Victim blame; empathy 
D)  Lax standards; stringent standards

Question 8

________ refers to an attitude toward a distinguishable group of people based solely on their group membership.

Accepted Answer

A)  Discrimination 
B)  Stereotypes 
C)  Racism 
D)  Prejudice 
A)  Discrimination 
B)  Stereotypes 
C)  Racism 
D)  Prejudice

Question 9

In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

Accepted Answer

Self-fulfilling prophecies involve behav

Question 10

In which of the following cases would stereotype threat not be likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  an African-American male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of intellectual ability 
B)  a white female taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
C)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of verbal ability 
D)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability in competition with a group of Asians 
A)  an African-American male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of intellectual ability 
B)  a white female taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability 
C)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of verbal ability 
D)  a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability in competition with a group of Asians

Question 11

"Klee style" versus "Kandinsky style," blue eyes versus brown eyes, and tall versus short all represent meaningless criteria by which to

Accepted Answer

A)  create in-groups and out-groups. 
B)  minimize the effects of group membership. 
C)  perpetuate stereotypes. 
D)  reduce prejudice. 
A)  create in-groups and out-groups. 
B)  minimize the effects of group membership. 
C)  perpetuate stereotypes. 
D)  reduce prejudice.

Question 12

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B)  fundamental attribution error. 
C)  minimal group bias. 
D)  expectations relapse. 
A)  self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B)  fundamental attribution error. 
C)  minimal group bias. 
D)  expectations relapse.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a microaggression?

Accepted Answer

A)  seating an African American couple in the terrible seats near the kitchen door 
B)  speaking loudly and slowly to the blind guy on the project team 
C)  locking the car door when getting out at home 
D)  telling the Asian man at the grocery that his English is not too bad 
A)  seating an African American couple in the terrible seats near the kitchen door 
B)  speaking loudly and slowly to the blind guy on the project team 
C)  locking the car door when getting out at home 
D)  telling the Asian man at the grocery that his English is not too bad

Question 14

Why would researchers like Devine (1989) flash stereotypic words like "black," "hostile," or "lazy" so quickly that participants don't recognized them,?

Accepted Answer

These researchers are interested in the

Question 15

In the U.S., when times are hard economically and jobs are scarce, realistic conflict theory would predict that

Accepted Answer

A)  there will be less prejudice against minorities. 
B)  there will be more cooperation among minorities and the majority group. 
C)  minorities will benefit more from affirmative action than is really fair. 
D)  there will be more prejudice against minorities. 
A)  there will be less prejudice against minorities. 
B)  there will be more cooperation among minorities and the majority group. 
C)  minorities will benefit more from affirmative action than is really fair. 
D)  there will be more prejudice against minorities.

Question 16

Researchers had participants look at photos of African American and white young men holding various objects in their hand. The participants' job was to determine if the object in the hand was a gun or not, and to press a button labeled "shoot" if the object was a gun. This research demonstrated a greater likelihood to

Accepted Answer

A)  press the button and "shoot" the black young men, regardless of what they were holding. 
B)  press the button and "shoot" the white young men, regardless of what they were holding. 
C)  not press the button at all and thereby be shot themselves. 
D)  press the button for every young man they saw. 
A)  press the button and "shoot" the black young men, regardless of what they were holding. 
B)  press the button and "shoot" the white young men, regardless of what they were holding. 
C)  not press the button at all and thereby be shot themselves. 
D)  press the button for every young man they saw.

Question 17

Researchers exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game. In this research, "Mark Flick" was rated by participants as more athletic if the participants thought he was

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese. 
B)  Caucasian . 
C)  African American. 
D)  Hispanic. 
A)  Japanese. 
B)  Caucasian . 
C)  African American. 
D)  Hispanic.

Question 18

Which of the following statements about prejudice is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Everyone, no matter their origin, is a potential target of prejudice. 
B)  While our enemies regard us in distorted fashion, our allies perceive us without prejudice. 
C)  Prejudices exist for nationalities, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and aspects of appearance and health. 
D)  Prejudices tend to "cut both ways"; if we have prejudice about one group, they will have prejudices about us. 
A)  Everyone, no matter their origin, is a potential target of prejudice. 
B)  While our enemies regard us in distorted fashion, our allies perceive us without prejudice. 
C)  Prejudices exist for nationalities, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and aspects of appearance and health. 
D)  Prejudices tend to "cut both ways"; if we have prejudice about one group, they will have prejudices about us.

Question 19

A person who believes in a just world would likely believe that a date-rape victim should

Accepted Answer

A)  take counseling at a crisis center. 
B)  not date. 
C)  press charges against the alleged rapist. 
D)  have known her date better. 
A)  take counseling at a crisis center. 
B)  not date. 
C)  press charges against the alleged rapist. 
D)  have known her date better.

Question 20

Describe what is meant by the term scapegoat. Then, give an example of a group used as a modern scapegoat.

Accepted Answer

Scapegoating is the tendency for people

________ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might confirm to existing cultural stereotypes.

Under which of the following conditions have Caucasian males shown signs of stereotype threat?

In contemporary stereotyping research such as that conducted by Devine (1989), out-group stereotypes are typically activated by

Critics of the Implicit Association Test propose that the best way to measure implicit prejudice is to observe people then they are

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

is to personal attribution for misfortune as is to situational attribution for misfortune.

________ refers to an attitude toward a distinguishable group of people based solely on their group membership.

In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

In which of the following cases would stereotype threat not be likely to occur?

"Klee style" versus "Kandinsky style," blue eyes versus brown eyes, and tall versus short all represent meaningless criteria by which to

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n)

Which of the following is not a microaggression?

Why would researchers like Devine (1989) flash stereotypic words like "black," "hostile," or "lazy" so quickly that participants don't recognized them,?

In the U.S., when times are hard economically and jobs are scarce, realistic conflict theory would predict that

Researchers exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game. In this research, "Mark Flick" was rated by participants as more athletic if the participants thought he was

Which of the following statements about prejudice is false?

A person who believes in a just world would likely believe that a date-rape victim should

Describe what is meant by the term scapegoat. Then, give an example of a group used as a modern scapegoat.

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________ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might confirm to existing cultural stereotypes.

Under which of the following conditions have Caucasian males shown signs of stereotype threat?

In contemporary stereotyping research such as that conducted by Devine (1989), out-group stereotypes are typically activated by

Critics of the Implicit Association Test propose that the best way to measure implicit prejudice is to observe people then they are

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

________ is to personal attribution for misfortune as ________ is to situational attribution for misfortune.

________ refers to an attitude toward a distinguishable group of people based solely on their group membership.

In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

In which of the following cases would stereotype threat not be likely to occur?

"Klee style" versus "Kandinsky style," blue eyes versus brown eyes, and tall versus short all represent meaningless criteria by which to

When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n)

Which of the following is not a microaggression?

Why would researchers like Devine (1989) flash stereotypic words like "black," "hostile," or "lazy" so quickly that participants don't recognized them,?

In the U.S., when times are hard economically and jobs are scarce, realistic conflict theory would predict that

Researchers exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game. In this research, "Mark Flick" was rated by participants as more athletic if the participants thought he was

Which of the following statements about prejudice is false?

A person who believes in a just world would likely believe that a date-rape victim should

Describe what is meant by the term scapegoat. Then, give an example of a group used as a modern scapegoat.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Social Psychology in Action 1: Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

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is to personal attribution for misfortune as is to situational attribution for misfortune.