Exam 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Mario is driving to work and sees a woman cause a three-car accident on the highway. He is not surprised by this because he believes that almost all women are bad drivers. Mario's conclusion illustrates the concept of:

Explain how ingroup favouritism and outgroup homogeneity effect may foster the development of stereotypes and prejudice.

Children with Williams Syndrome show abnormal activity in which part of the brain?

Studies conducted with the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) suggests that people tend to hold implicit negative attitudes toward people of:

Fear of confirming a negative stereotype about a group to which you belong is defined as ___________.

Describe how gender prejudice and gender stereotypes are related. Be sure to define each concept in your answer.

__________ refers to the belief that increased communication and contact between different racial groups reduces levels of prejudice and discrimination.

An apartment complex manager refuses to rent apartments to Hispanic families. This is an example of:

Increasing contact between groups of people will be more likely to reduce prejudice and discrimination under which of the following circumstances?

Which of the following represents the most likely reason why somepeople see members of outgroups as 'all the same'?

Based on minimal ingroup paradigm, you would expect members of randomly assigned groups to:

The idea that one's own group is naturally superior to other groups is known as__________.

If you dislike individuals who are gay simply because of their sexual orientation, you are exhibiting:

An employer who refuses to hire an applicant based solely on his old age is guilty of:

Glick and colleagues have found that ambivalent sexism is more prevalent in people from:

The contact hypothesis argues that increased communication and equal contact between different racial groups will reduce levels of prejudice and discrimination.

Suppose a university professor wants to promote increased cooperation and decreased prejudice in her classroom. What strategy could she employ? Describe why this technique would lend itself to decreased prejudice and increased harmony among her students.

If Julie is in a happy mood, you would predict that she would be:

Research has shown that people can reduce their prejudiced responses when:

Prejudice is to ___________ as discrimination is to ___________.