Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Which of the following is out of place?

Amelia is trying hard to explain to Ricardo why women should not be restricted to the home. Even though Ricardo has no firm basis for his beliefs, Amelia's logical arguments fail to persuade him in this case because

Researchers presented participants with just one or two examples of information that strongly challenged their pre-existing stereotypes. These researchers found that, when presented with just one or two examples that challenge a strongly held stereotype, people

John says he is against the practice of bussing, but it turns out that he has no objections when his own children are bussed to a school in an all-white neighborhood. This suggests that John's attitude towards bussing is a result of

As the only African American in his class, LaMonte tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want his white counterparts to think that all African Americans are intellectually inferior. LaMonte is experiencing

Stereotyping is a way of ________ the complex information around us, and thus is sometimes ________.

What is stereotype threat, why does it arise, and what are the consequences?

Men who are "benevolent sexists" have positive feelings about women as a group, but

Researchers discovered that many ministers who supported desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas did not use their pulpits to air their (unpopular) views for fear of losing contributions and church members. This is a real world example of the power of ________ to exacerbate prejudice and discrimination.

Researchers systematically varied the contents of prisoners' (fictitious) parole files provided to participants. When the prisoners' crimes were consistent with participants' stereotypes, they were harsher in their parole decisions. Practically speaking, results of this study support the policy of

According to Crandall and Eshleman's (2003) model, people struggle with their urge to express prejudice and their

According to social-psychological research, someone who would score high on modern racism

How are stereotypes likely to change? Evidence indicates that

How does group membership-even in minimal groups-contribute to prejudice and discrimination?

Describe the role of normative conformity in the societal problem of prejudice.

Consider how realistic conflict theory has played a role in how Chinese immigrants were seen in the U.S. When they were competing with Caucasians during the gold rush, they were seen ________, but when they were helping construct the transcontinental railroad, they were seen ________.

The major difference between the scapegoat theory of prejudice and the realistic conflict theory of prejudice is that the scapegoat theory is applicable when

In a series of experiments, Steele and Aronson (1995) had both African-American and Anglo-American students at Stanford University take a verbal test. In one condition, the test was described as a valid measure of intelligence, and in the other condition, the test was described as neither a reliable nor valid measure of intelligence. In the former condition, African Americans performed more poorly than did Anglo Americans because

Shawna (who is Mexican American) has recently been bussed into a school with predominantly white, middle-class students. Based on information from your text, why is she likely to have difficulty?

Recall that Bridgeman (1981) conducted an experiment with ten-year-old children, half of whom had previously had two months' experience in a jigsaw classroom. In this experiment, she showed the youngsters a cartoon in which a little boy waves goodbye to his father at the airport, receives a package from the postman, and bursts into tears upon finding out that it contains a toy plane. Children who had two months' experience in the jigsaw groups were more likely than the control group to say that the