Exam 2: Prejudice

Which of the following states that intergroup interaction between people of equal status in harmonious circumstances causes them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previously held stereotypes?

Unlike prejudice, discrimination ________.

A study by psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark was cited in the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education. The finding of Clarks' study suggested that ________.

LaPiere's study in the early 1930s involving travel with a Chinese couple throughout the United States indicated that most people who participated in the follow-up questionnaire were ________.

The president of a bank refuses to hire the most qualified candidate for a key management position because the candidate is Jewish. This is an example of ________.

Which of the following statements is true of diversity training programs in organizations?

Scapegoating theory says that prejudiced people believe they are ________.

Opinion pollsters have been interested in White attitudes on racial issues longer than they have measured the views of subordinate groups. This neglect of minority attitudes reflects ________.

________ is the fear of and prejudice toward gays and lesbians.

Which of the following is a conclusion of a survey on White attitudes toward African Americans?

Jared, a White American, is a high school student at Dream Valley High. He is close friends with Chris, an African American. Jared often invites Chris to his house for celebration of family functions. Jared's parents are accepting of Chris. Which of the following theories of prejudice can explain the racial tolerance of Jared and his parents?

Discuss racial profiling with appropriate examples.

Robert Park and Ernest Burgess defined ________ as the tendency to approach or withdraw from a social group.

Eddie, a Mexican, is a college student at Oklahoma City. He is good in studies and finishes all his college assignments on time. His White American classmates are amused at his sincerity. They think that Eddie is an exception to all Mexicans as he is not lazy like other Mexicans. The assumption of Eddie's classmates about Mexicans represents ________.

Generally, racial profiling occurs when ________.

According to Merton's typology, a person who harbors prejudice but will not discriminate if discrimination costs money or reduces profits is called a(n) ________.

Reluctant liberals are those who ________.

According to the Department of Justice, any police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than behavior is called ________.

A Black worker is shown how to perform her factory job by a White male supervisor. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would be unlikely to reduce prejudice because ________.

A Hispanic college student from the southwest U.S. arrives in college to find that her roommate is a Jewish woman from New York. As they get to know one another they are able to overcome their initial prejudices and grow to appreciate each other's strengths and talents. This scenario is an example of the ________.