Question 1

According to social role theory,gender differences in social behavior are magnified by

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A) the unequal gender-based division of labor. 
B) unrealistic expectations about how men and women should behave. 
C) biologically based differences in social dominance. 
D) the forces of natural selection.

Question 2

All of the following result from social categorization except an

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A) overestimation of differences between groups. 
B) underestimation of differences within groups. 
C) increased confidence that differences between groups are biologically based. 
D) increased tendency to notice behaviors inconsistent with group stereotypes.

Question 3

Research by Album,et al.(2008)indicates that when it comes to norms regarding the acknowledgment of race

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A) the older white children get,the more comfortable they are discussing race. 
B) 8- and 9-year-old children are more concerned about political correctness than 10- and 11-year-olds. 
C) it is not until early adulthood that people start to develop concerns about race-related norms. 
D) unlike younger children,older children are sometimes willing to sacrifice task performance for the goal of avoiding uncomfortable race-related conversation.

Question 4

The Robbers Cave experiment demonstrated that

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A) ingroup favoritism is inevitable. 
B) group categorization is automatic. 
C) prejudice is a function of social class. 
D) prejudice can result from intergroup competition.

Question 5

In their study of sexism in 19 different countries,Glick et al.(2000)found that countries with the greatest degree of political and economic inequality exhibited

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A) the highest levels of both hostile and benevolent sexism. 
B) the lowest levels of both hostile and benevolent sexism. 
C) high levels of hostile sexism but low levels of benevolent sexism. 
D) low levels of hostile sexism but high levels of benevolent sexism.

Question 6

Research on stereotype threat implies that females at an all-girls school may______________in mathematics than females at a mixed-sex school.

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A) perform better 
B) perform worse 
C) perform similarly 
D) be less confident,but perform better

Question 7

Bonnie feels very negatively toward lawyers.Whenever she meets a person who is a lawyer,she immediately feels______________a strong dislike for them the moment she finds out what they do for a living.This is an example of

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A) prejudice. 
B) discrimination. 
C) social categorization. 
D) a stereotype.

Question 8

Social categorization is advantageous because it

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A) leads to more accurate social perception. 
B) encourages us to take longer to make judgments about others. 
C) frees up cognitive resources. 
D) is generally based on realistic assumptions.

Question 9

Research on stereotype threat suggests that underperformance by African Americans in academic settings may be due to

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A) a fear of confirming negative stereotypes of African Americans. 
B) an overemphasis on super ordinate goals in instruction. 
C) receiving negative feedback based on racist motives. 
D) the desegregation that tends to occur even in so-called integrated schools.

Question 10

According to the stereotype content model,migrant farm workers who move to an area with a shortage of farming jobs would likely be viewed as

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A) high in warmth and low in competence. 
B) low in warmth and high in competence. 
C) low in warmth and low in competence. 
D) high in warmth and high in competence.

Question 11

The tendency to overestimate the extent to which members of stereotyped groups possess attributes and perform behaviors consistent with the group stereotype results from

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A) subtyping. 
B) illusory correlations. 
C) stereotype threat. 
D) ingroup favoritism.

Question 12

Consider the Implicit Association Test in which people are asked to categorize words as well as Caucasian/African- American names.If you were to design a similar measure to assess implicit associations related to age,and more specifically,implicit negative beliefs about older people,which pattern of results might your IAT produce to indicate such ageism?

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A) Participants report that they like younger-sounding names (e.g. ,Dylan,Carter)more than older-sounding names (e.g. ,Gladys,Sydney). 
B) Participants take longer to pair positive words with older-sounding names and negative words with younger- sounding names than vice versa. 
C) Participants primed with words related to old age (e.g. ,"Florida," "Bingo," "wheelchair")internalize stereotypes regarding the elderly and demonstrate slower reaction times to the categorization tasks. 
D) Participants are quicker to recognize and categorize photos of young faces than photos of older faces.

Question 13

The ABCs of social psychology are affect,behavior,and cognition.Place three major concepts in this ABC order by considering whether they correspond to affect,behavior,or cognition.

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A) stereotyping,prejudice,and discrimination 
B) prejudice,discrimination,and stereotyping 
C) discrimination,prejudice,and stereotyping 
D) stereotyping,discrimination,and prejudice

Question 14

According to social identity theory,people display ingroup favoritism

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A) as a way of displacing negative feelings toward the outgroup. 
B) as a means of increasing self-esteem. 
C) because they expect to be treated unfairly by outgroup members. 
D) because intergroup competition demands it.

Question 15

Which statement describes an essential requirement for stereotype threat to occur?

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A) The individual in question must be a member of a minority group. 
B) The individual in question must be aware of negative stereotypes about his or her group. 
C) The individual in question must have below-average ability for the task in question. 
D) The individual in question must regularly participate in activities that draw racial disapproval from others.

Question 16

Buffy is a member of a sorority.She considers the stereotypes about her sorority to be gross overgeneralizations,but claims that the stereotypes about other sororities seem to have a kernel of truth.Buffy's thinking best illustrates

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A) the out group homogeneity effect. 
B) realistic conflict. 
C) reverse discrimination. 
D) social-role theory.

Question 17

Hightower is a new recruit in the police academy,and is about to begin his very first day of training with a computer simulation task in which Caucasian and African-American men are portrayed holding ambiguous,weapon-like______________objects.Research on race and the perceptions of police officers would predict that Hightower

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A) would have little trouble distinguishing between Caucasian and African-American targets in such a simulation. 
B) would respond differently to the simulation depending on his personal endorsement of race-related stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes. 
C) demonstrate more and more bias in his responses the longer his training went on. 
D) would have a bias that was consistent with racial stereotypes.

Question 18

When teachers were asked how they would respond to misbehavior in their class,Okonofua and Eberhardt (2015)found that a second incidence of behavior elicited stronger responses from teachers if the student was

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A) black. 
B) male. 
C) female. 
D) diagnosed with a learning disability.

Question 19

Socio cultural factors that influence stereotyping include all of the following except

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A) the effects of priming. 
B) popular images of groups in the media. 
C) one's peers. 
D) social roles.

Question 20

A meta stereotype refers to a

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A) person's thoughts about the stereotypes out group members might hold about their own group. 
B) person's thoughts about the acceptability of a stereotype that applies to a large number of out groups. 
C) stereotype that is positive in nature. 
D) stereotype that is widely held.

Exam 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination