Exam 2: Prejudice

Another term for an ethnic slur is ________.

Humberto, a Mexican, is hired as a worker at a construction firm in Chicago at a lower wage than his White American counterparts. This scenario is best explained by the ________ of prejudice.

Intergroup hostility refers to the ________.

Which of the following statements is true of people with authoritarian personality?

Discuss the social distance scale.

Describe the concept of stereotypes. Explain with examples why are some traits assigned more often than others.

Explain contact hypothesis with examples.

Which of the following is an advantage of being White as identified by McIntosh?

The Bogardus scale was conceptualized to measure ________ empirically.

Stereotypes not only influence how people feel about themselves but also affect how people ________.

An important aspect of color-blind racism is ________.

The coach of a local basketball team remarked that Ming was quite tall for an Asian. This is an instance of ________.

The use of race-neutral principles to defend the racially unequal status quo is called ________.

Anti-Jewish prejudice and discrimination is known as ________.

Which of the following approaches explains how racism can stigmatize a group as inferior so that the victimization of that group can be justified?

________ is the ideology that one sex is superior to the other.

________ refers to the rights or immunities granted as a particular benefit or favor for being White.

According to exploitation theory of prejudice, ________.

According to the authoritarian personality theory of prejudice, ________.

________ is defined as a negative attitude toward an entire category of people.