Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes Consequences and Cures

Anecdotal evidence shows that African-American and white coal miners in the 1950s were completely segregated above ground and completely integrated below ground.In addition, most ministers in the 1950s supported desegregation but kept this support to themselves.These examples suggest the operation of ________ in prejudice.

One of the hazards of institutional discrimination is that it is

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cooperative learning?

Provide an example of a microaggression you have either done or seen.Be sure to give the definition of "microaggression" and explain how the behavior fits the definition.

Alice's three children are driving her crazy.They are constantly squabbling, calling one another names, and generally tormenting one another.To preserve what's left of her sanity, Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along.Based on the contact hypothesis, what's the best way to do this?

In the jigsaw classroom, when a student is having trouble mastering his or her material, other group members benefit most by

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

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

Researchers exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game.In this research, "Mark Flick" was rated by participants as more athletic if the participants thought he was

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

Shane believes that women are more dependent, more nurturing, more intuitive, and less rational than men.These are examples of Shane's ________ women.

On the Implicit Association Test, implicit attitudes are revealed by

The underlying reason why stereotype threat can undermine the performance of members of a group with respect to some ability is that the experience of stereotype threat fosters

The _______ is thought to measure unconscious prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face with a positive or negative association.

Discrimination is the ________ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.

Researchers had participants look at photos of African American and white young men holding various objects in their hand.The participants' job was to determine if the object in the hand was a gun or not, and to press a button labeled "shoot" if the object was a gun.This research demonstrated a greater likelihood to

Overall, research has shown that the link between IAT scores and overt behavior is _______.

Cialdini and his colleagues (1976) counted the number of college insignia T-shirts worn by university students on the Monday after their teams played football.These researchers found that students were more likely to wear such shirts after victories than after losses.These findings suggest that

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

Gordon Allport wrote that "defeated intellectually, prejudice lingers emotionally." What did he mean by that statement?