Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Researchers (Rogers & Prentice-Dunn, 1981) conducted a Milgram study with in which participants believed they were either shocking a Caucasian or an African-American "learner." The pattern of the results for African-American learners can be best described as:

Which of the following best exemplifies the concept "prejudice" as used by social psychologists?

The definition of ________ is "unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because of his or her membership in that group."

British social psychologist Henri Tajfel (1982) asserted that in-group bias is

Recall that British social psychologist Henri Tajfel (1982) divided strangers into groups based on such criteria as whether their artistic taste represented a "Klee style" or a "Kandinsky style." Tajfel designed such experiments to determine

In the past, journalists would routinely report the race of an alleged criminal when he or she was black, but not when he or she was white. This media practice was likely to confirm in some readers' minds the tendency of African Americans to commit criminal behavior. This phenomenon illustrates

According to the authors, one nearly inevitable consequence of being the target of relentless prejudice is

Researchers provided college student participants with a description of a woman's friendly behavior. In addition, some participants were told that the woman was raped by the man, whereas others were provided no such information. When participants judged the appropriateness of the woman's behavior,

A(n) ________ refers to the tendency to see relations between objects or events that are not actually related.

Prejudice against ethnic minorities is well-known. Which of the following is true about the limits of who experiences prejudice?

In a typical classroom, informal contact between students is often called "talking to your neighbor" and is discouraged. This violates which precondition for the reduction of prejudice and hostility between students? Contact must occur in

Describe how the jigsaw classroom technique fosters cooperation and interdependence in the cooperative classroom.

Gabriella is driving during rush hour through a neighborhood where most of the people are African American. Her children in the backseat are arguing and she's trying to remember a list of items she needs to retrieve from the grocery. Even though she is ________ in prejudice, she finds herself locking her car doors because she has ________ cognitive resources with which to examine and change her behavior.

At work, Julie is often told, "Get out of the way, this is man's work, little woman." Her coworkers will often belittle her when she makes a tiny mistake, but let it slide when another man makes a similar mistake. Julie is experiencing ________ sexism.

Ken needs help with his algebra homework. He looks around the room at his new roommates and blurts out, "Hiro, you're good at math, right? You can help me with my homework." Because Hiro is Japanese American, Ken assumes he's good at math. This represents a(n)

If someone from Texas and someone from Massachusetts were asked about their stereotypes of Hollywood actors, they would probably have remarkably similar stereotypes. This is because stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture on a large scale through

One of the hazards of institutional racism and institutional sexism as sources of negative stereotypes and prejudice is that they are

According to the justification-suppression model presented in your text, once a person is able to find valid justification for disliking a group, they are more likely to

When a member of your in-group performs particularly well in a competition, you most likely

Alice's three children are driving her crazy. They are constantly squabbling, calling one another names, and generally tormenting one another. To preserve what's left of her sanity, Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along. Based on the contact hypothesis, what's the best way to do this?