Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Which of the following people is most likely to experience stereotype threats?

Twelve-year-old Julie's mother believes in gender stereotypes quite strongly.Based on research by Jacobs and Eccles presented in your text,Julie is most likely to

According to the authors,one nearly inevitable consequence of being the target of relentless prejudice is

You don't know very many people with visible tattoos,but you happen to observe that when fights break out,they seem to involve people with tattoos.You draw the conclusion that there must be an association between having tattoos and being prone to aggression.This conclusion reflects a(n)

"Similar is good,but different is bad" represents a ____ that might contribute to prejudice.

Informational attempts to "re-educate" prejudiced people have proved ineffective in large part because

Scapegoating is most likely to occur when the majority group is ____ and the group being scapegoated is ____.

In what ways do self-fulfilling prophecies contribute to prejudice and negative stereotypes?

One of the hazards of institutional racism and institutional sexism as sources of negative stereotypes and prejudice is that they are

Philip Goldberg (1968)found that women rated articles by female authors ____ articles by men,suggesting that they regard women as intellectually ____ men.

Samuel Gaertner and his colleagues state that one reason the jigsaw puzzle classroom is effective is that it allows the individual to develop a category of "oneness." By this he means that

An instructor divides her class into two groups: those who prefer chocolate candy,and those who prefer fruit- flavored candy.By doing this,the instructor has created

Shane believes that women are more dependent,more nurturing,more intuitive,and less rational than men.These are examples of Shane's ____ women.

One common stereotype about women that your text discusses is that they tend to be

Discrimination is the ____ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.

Prejudice refers to both the general attitude structure and the ____ component of an attitude toward a group of people.

Under which of the following conditions have Caucasian males showed signs of stereotype threat?

You don't know very many people with blue hair,but you happen to observe that when fights break out,they seem to involve people with blue hair.You draw the conclusion that people with blue hair are particularly violent,even though they are not.This conclusion reflects a(n)

George is rear-ended by a Hispanic woman.Although George usually does not express his prejudice,he gets out of the car and yells several racist and sexist remarks at the driver.This behavior is best explained by

Recall that Janet Swim and Lawrence Sanna (1996)systematically studied a series of fifty-eight experiments conducted over the last twenty years.These researchers found that when men succeed at a given task,participants attribute their success to ability,whereas when women succeed at that same task,participants attribute their success to hard work.These findings are significant because they suggest that