Exam 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

According to the self-regulation of prejudiced responses model, ____ motivated individuals may learn to control their prejudices ____ effectively over time.

If people encounter someone that contradicts their stereotypes, they toss the mismatch into a special category. This is called

Two neighboring high schools have been feuding since the annual football game ended in a tie. The principals of the schools decide that the tension may subside if the two schools participate in joint activities, such as assemblies that would allow the students to hear a local band. The strategy is likely to be ineffective, however, because the

Research on the jigsaw method has found that jigsaw classrooms saw a(n)

Hightower is a new recruit in the police academy and is about to begin his very first day of training with a computer simulation task in which Caucasian and African-American men are portrayed holding ambiguous, weapon-like objects. Research on race and the perceptions of police officers would predict that Hightower

Describe two ways in which gender stereotypes are strengthened and maintained.

According to Devine's study of automatic stereotype activation, people become highly aware of many stereotypes through

Janet is a Vice President of a software company. She is Caucasian. In her day-to-day activities, she interacts with people belonging to various minority races. According to research by Bergsieker (2010) and Simon et al., (2019), Janet is most likely to focus on

Mr. Belding wants to reduce prejudice toward incoming minority students at his elementary school. Before the minority students arrive, Mr. Belding puts up posters showing children of all nationalities holding hands. Next, he plans a scavenger hunt in which incoming students are mixed with current students and divided into small groups. Each student receives a secret clue critical to his or her group's success in finding the treasure. Mr. Belding's actions reflect his understanding of

A study by David Schwegman contacted property owners about renting their property. Through a random assignment, it picked male and female names and allocated arbitrary spouse names. According to this research, property owners

The results of the Robbers Cave experiment can be extrapolated to suggest that prejudice and discrimination between groups are often cast aside when

Which of the following can be inferred from the Robbers Cave study?

Gerianne Alexander's (2003) research on children's sex-based preferences for toys indicates that, in addition to being affected by socialization, such preferences are affected by

Stereotypes appear to bias perceptions

Forming subtypes for individuals who do not conform to a group stereotype

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

According to research by Crocker and colleagues (1991), black students who received positive interpersonal feedback from a white student experienced ____ if there was suspicion that the feedback had been received due to race.

A stereotype exists in many cultures that men are better than women at math. Ramie is about to take a diagnostic achievement test in math. According to research on stereotype threat, under which condition is Ramie most likely to perform poorly on the test?

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 of the following conditions essential to the success of the contact hypothesis is missing?

Which of the following goals is an example of a superordinate goal?