Exam 12: Prejudice and Discrimination

Define the terms institutional discrimination and racism, emphasizing the macro nature of both constructs.

Prejudice at the individual level often does not result in discrimination because situational norms play a greater role than internal states in shaping behavior.

Which theoretical perspective has guided much of the research on racial and ethnic identities?

I aced my social psychology exam because I am brilliant. Which of the following concepts is illustrated by this statement?

If someone from outside of the United States asked you to explain current race relations within this country, what would you say?

Obama received the smallest percentage of the White vote in Mississippi, the state with the largest percentage of Black voters, while he won the White vote in those states with the smallest percentage of minority voters (Maine, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oregon, Connecticut, and Washington state) What concept best explains these voting patterns?

In elementary school classrooms, the Jigsaw Technique has been especially useful in reducing prejudice and discrimination directed toward:

Overt racism, involving racial slurs and blatant discrimination, presumed to be more common in the pre-civil rights era, is called:

In expectation training interventions:

In multiability interventions:

Cognitive representations that enable people to make sense of situations and events by directing their attention to certain aspects of reality and away from others are called:

What is laissez-faire racism? Discuss how data from the General Social Survey (GSS) has been used to provide support for the existince of this form of liberal racism.

White college students who complain about how difficult it is to get into medical school in the era of affirmative action are demonstrating:

Which of the various literatures discussed in this chapter do you find to be the most insightful or useful? Describe the results of these studies and why they stand out to you.

What percent of white adults are opposed to reparations?

What is the main limitation of micro-level interventions?

Increasing contact between members of different racial/ethnic groups reduces negative racial attitudes. Research suggests that contact explains about _________ of the variation in racial attitudes.

According social identity theorists, cooperation isn't necessary to create a common in-group identity (i.e., a superordinate identity)

____________________are the hierarchical component of cultural stereotypes.

In Pager and Western's (2012) field experiments on racial bias in hiring, the African American and Latino individuals who applied for jobs were aware of the fact that they were being discriminated against.