Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

According to your text,prejudice can be considered a(n)

Provide an example of a prejudiced attitude (the example need not reflect how you truly feel).Now,identify and provide an example of the affective,cognitive,and behavioral components of this prejudiced attitude.

Thomas Pettigrew and R.W.Meertens (1995)completed a transnational study of prejudice in three European countries (France,the Netherlands,and Great Britain).They found that whereas those who were blatant in their dislike for recent immigrants ____,those who were more subtly racist ____.

Consider how realistic conflict theory has played a role in how Chinese immigrants were seen in the U.S.When they were competing with Caucasians during the Gold Rush,they were seen ____,but when they were helping construct the transcontinental railroad,they were seen ____.

A person who believes in a just world would likely believe that a date-rape victim should

When asked to imagine someone who fits the description "construction worker," many people picture a man in a hard hat and work clothes.Such mental images of a group of people are examples of

____ is to affect as ____ is to cognition.

When a member of your in-group performs particularly well in a competition,you most likely

Results of a field study (Hebl et al.,2002)on how homosexuals are treated when they apply for jobs indicate that

According to the text,in Nazi Germany,the Jews were used as ____,much like how Rev.Jerry Falwell views homosexuals in the U.S.currently.

Recall that Muzafer Sherif and his colleagues (1951)created conflict between two groups of boys in a summer camp.Once in-group cohesiveness was established,they set up a series of competitive situations such as tug-of-war and other competitive games.Conflict between the two groups escalated.Sherif and his colleagues were only successful in reducing conflict and hostility when

Recall that when they were given a choice between white or black dolls,African-American children as young as three years old often rejected the black doll (Clark & Clark,1947).These findings by Kenneth and Mamie Clark suggest that

Which of the following groups of people is not protected by national laws banning discrimination in the workplace?

Who is least likely to experience a reduction in prejudice?

Recall that Kunda and Oleson (1997)presented people with one or two examples that countered people's strongly held stereotypes and found that some people actually strengthened their belief in the stereotype when confronted with such disconfirmations.According to the researchers,this occurred because

Charles Bond and his colleagues (1988)found that prejudice led to ____ treatment of black patients than white patients by white professionals in a psychiatric hospital.

Which of the following best exemplifies the concept "prejudice" as used by social psychologists?

Recall that in a study by Charles Bond et al.(1988),the treatment of mental health patients by the staff was examined,and the staff was found to use harsher penalties for violent behavior by black patients than for whites (straitjackets and drugs as opposed to time-outs).After the patients had been in the hospital for about a month,what happened?

What distinguishes an in-group from an out-group?

In contemporary stereotyping research such as that conducted by Patricia Devine (1989),out-group stereotypes are typically activated by