Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes Consequences and Cures

According to the research by Aronson and his colleagues (2006) on overcoming stereotype threat, which of the following statements would help a female taking a math exam?

According to the authors of your text, it is primarily the ________ aspect of prejudiced attitudes that make them relatively impervious to rational or logical arguments.

Stereotypes are the ________ component of a negative attitude toward a group of people.

Chris is very concerned because her Implicit Association Test results show that she responded more slowly when fat faces were paired with positive words.She's concerned this represents that she is implicitly biased against fat people.What might some psychological scientists tell her to make her feel better?

Researchers (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) tested the self-fulfilling prophecy as it relates to prejudice.They observed the differential behaviors of white interviewers who interviewed either African-American or white job candidates.They then trained other interviewers to manifest these two different interview styles.When the new interviewers later interviewed white job applicants, the applicants who were treated as African Americans in the first study

Under which of the following conditions have white males shown signs of stereotype threat?

A woman would be most likely to experience stereotype threat when completing a(n)

Consider the phrase, "The exception proves the rule." How does this phrase reflect prejudicial attitudes in the face of evidence contrary to one's attitude?