Exam 9: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Everyone who gets excellent grades is not of above average intelligence. But there is a positive correlation between grades and intelligence. What does this type of finding reinforce

Someone high in authoritarianism is likely to make this statement "The problem with our current leaders is that they are too mired in tradition. We need to set aside old values and forge ahead."

Which of the following refers to our emotions about a given group and how we feel about them

Dennis feels frightened when in the presence of a group of young African American men. This is an example of ______.

The gym teacher only made the 10-year-old girls run half as many laps as the boys because he believed girls were more delicate. This is an example of ______.

Jim always holds the door open for women and girls. This is an example of ______.

The bagger automatically carried heavy grocery orders to the car for women because he assumed they couldn't do heavy lifting. His feelings about women are an example of paternalistic prejudice.

What is the teaching technique where "experts" teach other children what they learned about the days lesson

People feel more comfortable discriminating based on smoking behavior than race because they see smoking as something that can be controlled.

Carl feels a sense of proud kinship when he sees other gay men dressing in current styles. This is an example of ______.

Compare and contrast extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity and explain their connection to prejudice.

"Consumer confidence is responsible for the recent ups and downs of the stock market." This is an example of which type of question

How will a person with a prejudiced personality tend to feel about their outgroups and members of those outgroups

A study that combines more than one independent variable is called ______.

Which of the following describes the changes in prejudice between groups over the course of the Robber's Cave study

"The problem with our country today is no respect for those in charge." This statement is an example of fundamentalism.

"Women need to understand that really physical jobs are for men." This statement reflects which of the following

What is the idea that stereotypes form when we observe the roles that different kinds of people occupy in the world and assume the people occupying them are well suited to the roles

Forms of obvious, overt prejudice, which are considered inappropriate by most social standards today, are sometimes called ______.

Refusing to seat people in a restaurant because of their religious beliefs is an example of ______.