Exam 9: Prejudice: Disliking Others

Amanda,thirty-five year-old Black woman,has witnessed a crime.When shown a lineup of suspects,Amanda is most likely to recognize the culprit if the culprit

Explain how motivations can affect prejudice.

Kleck and Strenta (1980)had women who falsely believed that they appeared disfigured by theatrical makeup interact with a female partner.Results indicated that women who thought they were disfigured

Gordon Allport has concluded that "The role of _______ is paradoxical.It makes prejudice and it unmakes prejudice."

Kayla's grandparents emigrated from Europe.Kayla holds such a strong belief that her ethnic group is superior to all others that she could accurately be described as being

Altemeyer (2004)reported that _______ are among the most prejudiced persons in our society.

People who move to a region of the country where racism is unknown,students who attend a college that prizes multicultural values,and children raised by open-minded parents all become less prejudiced.These findings support a(n)____ explanation of prejudice.

Review the research on how distinctiveness can breed stereotypes.

In Gerontology class,your professor gives an assignment that requires you to write two obituaries for yourself,one for if you were to die tomorrow,the other for if you were to die at age 80.Social psychologists accurately predicted that the anxiety associated with this assignment would lead students to be _______ likely to derogate _______ members.

Which statement is true?

People vary in how likely they are to expect that others will stereotype them.This is called

Mr.Wong,a high school teacher,tells his class that he thinks boys tend to be less anxious and thus make better speeches than girls do.The girls in his class become apprehensive when preparing and giving speeches in his class.The girls are experiencing

Eagly's (1994)"women-are-wonderful" effect is an example of

The tendency for people to more accurately recognize faces of their own race is called the

An institutional practice that subordinates people of a given race is called

A state police force has set a height requirement of 5 feet 10 inches for all officers.This requirement is irrelevant to job effectiveness but generally excludes Hispanics,Asians,and women from the force.Such a requirement most clearly reflects

The benefit of being high in stigma consciousness is that it can buffer individual

Targets for displaced aggression are commonly referred to as

Which of the following would be an example of the group-serving bias?

What connection has been found in experiments exploring self-image and prejudice?