Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Recall that Sherif and his colleagues (1961) created conflict between two groups of boys in a summer camp. Intergroup hostility was relatively easy to generate. To do this, the researchers first ________ and then ________.

Which of the following examples best captures the social-psychological concept of a stereotype?

Research by Deutsch and Collins(1951) suggests that when residents of a segregated versus racially integrated housing project were surveyed after living there for several months, people who had lived in the integrated environment tended to

________ is to affect as ________ is to cognition.

In what way is scapegoating different from realistic conflict as a source of prejudice, discrimination, and inter-group conflict?

Describe what is meant by the terms benevolent sexism and hostile sexism. Then, give an example of each of these.

Researchers found that when southerners joined the armed forces and were exposed to less prejudiced norms, they gradually grew less prejudiced themselves. Both of these studied demonstrate one way to study the power of normative pressures: track prejudice and discrimination over time. The studies find that as ________ change, ________.

In a study by Stone and his colleagues (1999), when Caucasian and African-American participants played a game of miniature golf, the Caucasian participants outperformed African Americans when the game was framed as ________, but African-American participants outperformed Caucasian participants when the game was framed as ________.

Modern racism is ________ than "traditional" prejudice.

You don't know very many people with visible tattoos, but you happen to observe that when fights break out, they seem to involve people with tattoos. You draw the conclusion that there must be an association between having tattoos and being prone to aggression. This conclusion reflects a(n)

The idea that prejudice can be reduced by interacting with members of an out-group is called the

Recall that Sherif and his colleagues (1951) created conflict between two groups of boys in a summer camp. Once in-group cohesiveness was established, they set up a series of competitive situations such as tug-of-war and other competitive games. Conflict between the two groups escalated. Sherif and his colleagues were only successful in reducing conflict and hostility when

Tina's dad is a benevolent sexist. He's most likely to approve of which of the following as Tina's choice of major?

Informational attempts to "re-educate" prejudiced people have proved ineffective in large part because

According to the research by Aronson and his colleagues (2006) on overcoming stereotype threat, which of the following would help a female taking a math exam?

Which of the following groups of people is not protected by national laws banning discrimination in the workplace?

According to your text, prejudice can be considered a(n)

Which of the following statements is false? Hostility between two groups can be reduced by

The tendency to make a dispositional attribution about an entire group of people is called the

Keep in mind Gordon Allport's (1954) description of stereotyping as "the law of least effort." From Allport's perspective, people are often