Question 1

Suppose that an African American manager refuses to hire a particular job applicant simply because he or she is White. Is this action racist? Support your position.

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Question 2

Within psychological social psychology, both the theory of cognitive dissonance and self-perception theory explain:

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A) how cultural beliefs about race/ethnicity shape individuals' perceptions and behaviors 
B) the effect of prejudice at the individual level on discrimination 
C) the effect of behavior on attitudes 
D) why institutional discrimination has such negative consequences for racial/ethnic minorities 
E) why most Whites don't support programs like affirmative action

Question 3

People with negative attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities typically discriminate against the latter individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Racial prejudice and discrimination against African Americans have all but disappeared within the United States over the course of the past 50 years. Thus, most contemporary social psychological research on prejudice and discrimination focuses on Latinos.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The American=White bias refers to the fact:

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A) children attending public schools are taught a version of history that glorifies colonialism and reinforces White privilege 
B) individuals of European descent typically receive preferential treatment within the United States 
C) it is easier for poor whites than it is for poor Blacks or Latinos to move up in the stratification hierarchy 
D) people more readily associate American symbols with Whites than with racial/ethnic minorities 
E) status attainment processes favor Whites, followed by Asian Americans, Latinos, and African Americans

Question 6

Who has, on average, low scores on the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes (CoBras) scale?

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A) adults (relative to children) 
B) African Americans and Latinos (relative to Whites) 
C) men (relative to women) 
D) urban (relative to rural and suburban, individuals) 
E) White college students (relative to White adolescents)

Question 7

Contrast symbolic interactionist research on the construction of racial and ethnic identities with research on identity formation and its consequences within the group processes and structures tradition.

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Question 8

The jigsaw technique is a multiability intervention developed within the status characteristics tradition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The White racial frame results in a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level because the position of racial/ethnic minorities in the stratification hierarchy, which is caused by the White racial frame, is used to:

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A) create new reasons for denying racial/ethnic minorities economic opportunities 
B) deny the next generation of minority youths economic opportunities 
C) develop verbal rationales that support existing patterns of racism 
D) further undermine the aspirations of minority youths 
E) justify the beliefs and attitudes encompassed by the White racial frame

Question 10

Macro-level interventions include:

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A) affirmative action 
B) interdependent cooperation 
C) multiability training 
D) reparations 
E) both a and d

Question 11

Whereas prejudice, at either the macro or micro level, is a feeling, discrimination:

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A) involves schematic processing 
B) is an attitude 
C) is a behavior 
D) is rooted in conscious thought 
E) reflects a complex of attitudes, emotions, and action scripts

Question 12

What is the difference between implicit and explicit racial attitudes? Describe the U.S. population's current attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities. When are Whites most likely to demonstrate prejudice at the micro level?

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Question 13

Most of the studies that focus on the effects of contact on racial attitudes (i.e., prejudice at the individual level) are:

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A) experimental 
B) longitudinal 
C) participant observational 
D) qualitative in orientation 
E) survey based

Exam 12: Prejudice and Discrimination

Suppose that an African American manager refuses to hire a particular job applicant simply because he or she is White. Is this action racist? Support your position.

Within psychological social psychology, both the theory of cognitive dissonance and self-perception theory explain:

People with negative attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities typically discriminate against the latter individuals.

Racial prejudice and discrimination against African Americans have all but disappeared within the United States over the course of the past 50 years. Thus, most contemporary social psychological research on prejudice and discrimination focuses on Latinos.

The American=White bias refers to the fact:

Who has, on average, low scores on the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes (CoBras) scale?

Contrast symbolic interactionist research on the construction of racial and ethnic identities with research on identity formation and its consequences within the group processes and structures tradition.

The jigsaw technique is a multiability intervention developed within the status characteristics tradition.

The White racial frame results in a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level because the position of racial/ethnic minorities in the stratification hierarchy, which is caused by the White racial frame, is used to:

Macro-level interventions include:

Whereas prejudice, at either the macro or micro level, is a feeling, discrimination:

What is the difference between implicit and explicit racial attitudes? Describe the U.S. population's current attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities. When are Whites most likely to demonstrate prejudice at the micro level?

Most of the studies that focus on the effects of contact on racial attitudes (i.e., prejudice at the individual level) are: