Exam 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Dr.Charles does not feel that African American students are as academically qualified as other students.He does not give them as much of his attention,is less willing to make appointments to give them help,and spends less time reading and making comments on their papers.Dr.Charles is engaging in______________toward his African American students.

Linley is trying to reduce racism by having children of different races work on projects together.Each student is given information critical to the project and has to collaborate with their different-race group members by sharing______________ that information to earn a good grade on the project.The classroom norms are supportive of cross-race interaction.Which condition is essential to the success of the contact hypothesis is missing?

Pluck's (2009)field experiment in Rwanda in which civilians listened to a radio soap opera demonstrates the

Which of the following is not an indicator of discrimination?

Which of the following is not predicted by social identity theory?

One conclusion that can be drawn from the Robbers Cave study is that

Stigmatized targets are at increased risk for

Cross-cultural research______________indicates that people______________from______________collectivist cultures are______________likely to boost their self-esteem through enhancing their ingroups and______________likely to draw sharp distinctions between ingroup and outgroup members than are people from individualist cultures.

Hugenberg and Corneille (2009)exposed participants to the faces of unfamiliar people who were of the same race as the participants but who were either ingroup (attending the same university)or outgroup (attending a rival university)members.They found that,compared to faces of outgroup members,faces of ingroup members were processed more

According to the self-regulation of prejudiced responses model,______________motivated individuals may learn to control their prejudices______________effectively over time.

Racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally______________is called______________racism.

Samantha thinks that all social psychology professors are intelligent,attractive,and fabulously good dancers.This is______________an example of

A form of prejudice that surfaces in subtle ways when it is safe,socially acceptable,and easy to rationalize is called

Shortly after 9/11/01,even though a bitterly contested election had recently occurred,many Americans put aside their political differences in reaction to the national tragedy that occurred that day,viewing "American" as their primary identity rather than Republican or Democrat.This change is consistent with what the______________proposes is necessary to reduce prejudice.

Research on age and stereotype suppression indicates that

Implicit racism is correlated with______________for interactions with a minority group member.

Palma thinks that all gay men have a superior fashion sense.She knows that her chemistry professor is gay,and______________notices that he is not a particularly snappy dresser.She rationalizes this by saying,"Well,he's a gay professor-they don't know how to dress that well." This is an example of how

All of the following are mechanisms that perpetuate stereotypes except

A junior high coach decides to separate his basketball players into an A team and a B team.These two teams regularly play each other and compete for rewards,such as time at the drinking fountain and use of the new basketballs.The Robbers Cave experiment would suggest that the coach's new arrangement is likely to

Discuss some of the research that has been done with police officers related to the "shooter bias." How has that research been interpreted?