Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes Consequences and Cures

Tara's boss always calls her "Miss," but refers to his other employees by name.He also goes out of his way to hold open a door for her, and has asked her a number of times to bring in some of her fabulous cookies for the office.Tara is experiencing ________ sexism from her boss.

According to the justification-suppression model described by Crandall and Eshleman (2003) presented in your text, once a person is able to find valid justification for disliking a group, they are more likely to

In the United States, the statement, "I'm proud to be an American" exemplifies a(n)

Recall that Sherif and his colleagues (1961) created conflict between two groups of boys in a summer camp.Once in-group cohesiveness was established, they set up a series of competitive situations such as tug-of-war and other competitive games.Conflict between the two groups escalated.This field study provided support for the ________ theory of prejudice.

In a series of experiments, Steele and Aronson (1995) had both African-American and white students at Stanford University take a verbal test.In one condition, the test was described as a valid measure of intelligence, and in the other condition, the test was described as neither a reliable nor valid measure of intelligence.In the former condition, African Americans performed more poorly than did white students because

________ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might confirm to existing cultural stereotypes.

According to the authors, one nearly inevitable consequence of being the target of relentless prejudice is

If Julie identifies herself as a woman, a mother, and a teacher, who would NOT be another in-group member for her?

The bogus pipeline is an instrument that was developed to measure attitudes that are otherwise difficult to measure because

Conditions under which contact situations reduce prejudice include

An instructor divides her class into two groups: those who prefer chocolate candy, and those who prefer fruit-flavored candy.By doing this, the instructor has created

Both benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are alike in that they

________ characterize(s) a situation in which two or more groups need each other and must depend on each other to accomplish a goal important to each group.

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

An in-group is a group with which individuals

Arnold is taking a test that measures his reaction time to faces paired with words.When he responds more slowly to black faces paired with positive words, it means he has a

Stereotyping is a way of ________ the complex information around us, and thus is sometimes ________.

Shawna (who is Mexican American) has recently been bussed into a school with predominantly white, middle-class students.Based on information from your text, why is she likely to have difficulty?

One common stereotype about women that your text discusses is that they tend to be

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice and discrimination often follow from