Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Stereotypes are beneficial to the extent that they

Men who are "benevolent sexists" have positive feelings about women as a group,but

In 1942,over 60 percent of white Americans endorsed segregated schools; in 1988,only 3 percent endorsed segregated schools.These attitudes illustrate that

Prejudice against ethnic minorities is well-known.Which of the following is true about the limits of who experiences prejudice?

Because we live in a ____ society,many men have feelings of ____ towards women.

Research by Rohan and Zanna (1996)on parents' and children's attitude and value similarity found

In 1977,a school teacher,Jane Elliot,created prejudice in her classroom as a lesson for her third graders.What did she do to create an environment of prejudice?

According to research by Hebl and his colleagues (2002)presented in your text,homosexuals are more likely to encounter ____ discrimination and less likely to encounter ____ discrimination.

Recall that Jeff Stone and his colleagues (1997)exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game.Half of the participants were led to believe that one player,Mark Flick,was African- American,and the other half were led to believe that Mark Flick was Caucasian.When participants were asked to rate Mark Flick's performance,

According to the authors of your text,it is primarily the ____ aspect of prejudiced attitudes that make them relatively impervious to rational or logical arguments.

Recall that Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski (1985)showed participants a debate between an African American and a European American and asked them to rate the debaters' skills.After the debate,in one condition,a confederate made a hostile racist comment about the debaters' skills; in another,a confederate made a nonracist comment; and in a third condition,no comment was made.These researchers found that when participants overheard a racist comment,their ratings of the African American were lower on a number of dimensions.The results suggest that

Which of the following statements is false? Hostility between two groups can be reduced by

Thomas Pettigrew's findings show that African-American and white coal miners in the 1950s were completely segregated above ground and completely integrated below ground.The fact that most ministers in the 1950s supported desegregation but kept this support to themselves suggests the operation of ____ in prejudice.

Janis Jacobs and Jacquelynne Estes (1992)found that when mothers held stereotypic beliefs about gender,their daughters doubted their own math ability.These findings are most compatible with the social- psychological concept of

A cashier at the store assumes that because his next customer is elderly,she will take a long time to pay.The cashier is using his stereotypes about the elderly and not taking the time or energy to carefully consider each customer in his line as an individual.His use of stereotypes best exemplifies Allport's idea of

Which of the following is not a benefit of cooperative learning?

Research conducted during the run-up to President Obama's election demonstrates that

Recall that Philip Goldberg (1968)asked female college students to rate articles written by either male or female authors.Although the articles were identical,women evaluated the article written by John McKay more positively than the article written by Joan McKay.These findings suggest that women

Why does the Jigsaw Classroom yield such positive results with regard to self-esteem,achievement,and positive informal contact between children of various racial and ethnic groups?

Recall that male and female college students provided their perceptions of either a successful male or a successful female physician (Feldman-Summers & Kiesler,1974).Although male and female participants differed in some of their perceptions,they tended to agree that the female physician was more motivated than the male physician.This agreement implies that