Question 1

Marc and Barbara are part of a study group that gathers for lunch.They like sushi,but the other two members of the study group do not.Over time,Marc and Barbara come to feel that the other members do not work as hard as they do and are less friendly.This may be an effect of Marc and Barbara forming a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  inclusive dyad.
B)  out-group.
C)  minimal group.
D)  alliance. C

Question 2

Galen Bodenhausen (1988)had college student participants play the role of jurors in a mock trial.He found that something as simple as ____ evoked dispositional attributions and caused jurors to ignore extenuating circumstances in the case.

Accepted Answer

A)  a Hispanic surname
B)  frustration
C)  random minimal group criteria
D)  an offender-crime match A

Question 3

The bogus pipeline is an instrument that was developed to measure attitudes that are otherwise difficult to measure because

Accepted Answer

A)  of motivations to give a socially desirable response.
B)  the attitudes in question are negative rather than positive.
C)  the attitudes in question are weak and not clearly developed.
D)  participants feel ambivalent about the issue in question. A

Question 4

Findings in research on stereotype activation suggest that for many people,

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotypes lurk just below the surface.
B)  stereotypes do not exist.
C)  stereotypes are consciously active all of the time.
D)  stereotypes lead to aggression

Question 5

If someone from Texas and someone from Massachusetts were asked about their stereotypes of Hollywood actors,they would probably have remarkably similar stereotypes.This is because stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture on a large scale through

Accepted Answer

A)  heredity.
B)  religion.
C)  the media.
D)  politicians.

Question 6

According to the justification-suppression model presented in your text,once a person is able to find valid justification for disliking a group,they are more likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  refrain from acting on their prejudices.
B)  act against those group member without cognitive dissonance.
C)  behave in accordance with their egalitarian beliefs.
D)  experience empathy for that group.

Question 7

According to Patricia Devine's (1989)experimental research on prejudice and information processing,how are prejudiced people like nonprejudiced people? How are they different?

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to Patricia Devine's (1989)experimental research on...

Question 8

According to social-psychological research,someone who would score high on modern racism

Accepted Answer

A)  is prejudiced at the automatic level but not the controlled level.
B)  is prejudiced at the controlled level but not the automatic level.
C)  is prejudiced at both the automatic level and controlled level.
D)  always exhibits racist behaviors even though he or she means well.

Question 9

When third-grade teacher Jane Elliot sorted schoolchildren based on eye color,she created

Accepted Answer

A)  an in-group.
B)  an out-group.
C)  minimal groups.
D)  realistic conflict.

Question 10

Which of the following would pose the biggest problem for a biological approach to prejudice? We

Accepted Answer

A)  are more kindly disposed to those who appear to be genetically similar to us.
B)  are more likely to fear and dislike those who appear to be genetically different.
C)  discriminate based on such biologically inconsequential characteristics as religion.
D)  tend to hold prejudices similar to those of our parents.

Question 11

When Gordon Allport (1954)described stereotyping as "the law of least effort," he was suggesting that stereotypes arise

Accepted Answer

A)  from personal experience.
B)  to help us conserve cognitive energy.
C)  at the service of the ego.
D)  to justify objectionable actions quickly and easily.

Question 12

Ernest Campbell and Thomas Pettigrew (1959)discovered that many ministers who supported desegregation in Little Rock,Arkansas did not use their pulpits to air their (unpopular)views for fear of losing contributions and church members.This is a real world example of the power of ____ to exacerbate prejudice and discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A)  social censure
B)  informational conformity
C)  normative conformity
D)  attitude ambivalence

Question 13

Jessica isn't invited to a Super Bowl party her coworkers are throwing because she's a woman.Jessica is experiencing ____ from her coworkers.

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination
B)  prejudice
C)  hostile sexism
D)  race-based exclusion

Question 14

As the only African American in his class,LaMonte tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want his white counterparts to think that all African Americans are intellectually inferior.LaMonte is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  class anxiety.
B)  stereotype threat.
C)  group hostility.
D)  attribution error.

Question 15

In their classic "doll studies" with African-American children,social psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark (1947)demonstrated the negative effects of prejudice on ____ even early in life.

Accepted Answer

A)  consumer choice
B)  altruism
C)  empathy
D)  self-esteem

Question 16

Research has shown that when fate (e.g.,a flip of a coin)determines the allocation of rewards for completing a task,participants will often

Accepted Answer

A)  feel empathy for the "loser" and share their rewards.
B)  convince themselves that the "loser" didn't do a fair share of the work.
C)  share their winnings to bolster their belief in a just world.
D)  revise their stereotypes of the "loser."

Question 17

Why would something as apparently innocuous as a defendant's name influence the inferences and decisions of mock jurors in the experiment by Galen Bodenhausen (1988)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Negative out-group stereotypes were activated,and they biased information processing.
B)  Group polarization during deliberations made stereotypes more extreme.
C)  Groups were more likely than individuals to commit the ultimate attribution error.
D)  Names are often a criterion used to establish minimal in-groups and out-groups.

Question 18

Research with elementary school girls and boys (Nichols,1975)has revealed that girls tend to make ____,whereas boys tend to make ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  internal attributions for success; external attributions for failure
B)  external attributions for success; external attributions for failure
C)  self-serving attributions for success; self-serving attributions for failure
D)  self-serving attributions for failure; self-serving attributions for success

Question 19

Alice's three children are driving her crazy.They are constantly squabbling,calling one another names,and generally tormenting one another.To preserve what's left of her sanity,Alice has decided to try to convince the youngsters to get along.She promises them that she will take them to a funny movie if they will work together to clean their playroom in under thirty minutes.Which of the preconditions for reducing conflict does this illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  one-on-one interactions between in-group and out-group members and an informal setting
B)  the reduction of frustration and a common goal
C)  a neutral setting and role differentiation
D)  mutual interdependence and a common goal

Question 20

There is some evidence that there is at least a shred of truth underneath the stereotypes that African Americans are more athletic than Caucasians.One example of such evidence is that

Accepted Answer

A)  80 percent of PGA golfers are African-American.
B)  Caucasian boxers lose to African-American boxers 90 percent of the time.
C)  75 percent of the NBA is made up of African Americans.
D)  most Olympic Gold medalists are of African decent.

Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Galen Bodenhausen (1988) had college student participants play the role of jurors in a mock trial.He found that something as simple as ____ evoked dispositional attributions and caused jurors to ignore extenuating circumstances in the case.

The bogus pipeline is an instrument that was developed to measure attitudes that are otherwise difficult to measure because

Findings in research on stereotype activation suggest that for many people,

If someone from Texas and someone from Massachusetts were asked about their stereotypes of Hollywood actors,they would probably have remarkably similar stereotypes.This is because stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture on a large scale through

According to the justification-suppression model presented in your text,once a person is able to find valid justification for disliking a group,they are more likely to

According to Patricia Devine's (1989)experimental research on prejudice and information processing,how are prejudiced people like nonprejudiced people? How are they different?

According to social-psychological research,someone who would score high on modern racism

When third-grade teacher Jane Elliot sorted schoolchildren based on eye color,she created

Which of the following would pose the biggest problem for a biological approach to prejudice? We

When Gordon Allport (1954) described stereotyping as "the law of least effort," he was suggesting that stereotypes arise

Jessica isn't invited to a Super Bowl party her coworkers are throwing because she's a woman.Jessica is experiencing ____ from her coworkers.

As the only African American in his class,LaMonte tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want his white counterparts to think that all African Americans are intellectually inferior.LaMonte is experiencing

In their classic "doll studies" with African-American children,social psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark (1947) demonstrated the negative effects of prejudice on ____ even early in life.

Research has shown that when fate (e.g.,a flip of a coin) determines the allocation of rewards for completing a task,participants will often

Why would something as apparently innocuous as a defendant's name influence the inferences and decisions of mock jurors in the experiment by Galen Bodenhausen (1988) ?

Research with elementary school girls and boys (Nichols,1975) has revealed that girls tend to make ,whereas boys tend to make .

There is some evidence that there is at least a shred of truth underneath the stereotypes that African Americans are more athletic than Caucasians.One example of such evidence is that

Exam 13: Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Galen Bodenhausen (1988) had college student participants play the role of jurors in a mock trial.He found that something as simple as ____ evoked dispositional attributions and caused jurors to ignore extenuating circumstances in the case.

The bogus pipeline is an instrument that was developed to measure attitudes that are otherwise difficult to measure because

Findings in research on stereotype activation suggest that for many people,

If someone from Texas and someone from Massachusetts were asked about their stereotypes of Hollywood actors,they would probably have remarkably similar stereotypes.This is because stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture on a large scale through

According to the justification-suppression model presented in your text,once a person is able to find valid justification for disliking a group,they are more likely to

According to Patricia Devine's (1989)experimental research on prejudice and information processing,how are prejudiced people like nonprejudiced people? How are they different?

According to social-psychological research,someone who would score high on modern racism

When third-grade teacher Jane Elliot sorted schoolchildren based on eye color,she created

Which of the following would pose the biggest problem for a biological approach to prejudice? We

When Gordon Allport (1954) described stereotyping as "the law of least effort," he was suggesting that stereotypes arise

Jessica isn't invited to a Super Bowl party her coworkers are throwing because she's a woman.Jessica is experiencing ____ from her coworkers.

As the only African American in his class,LaMonte tends to worry about committing errors because he does not want his white counterparts to think that all African Americans are intellectually inferior.LaMonte is experiencing

In their classic "doll studies" with African-American children,social psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark (1947) demonstrated the negative effects of prejudice on ____ even early in life.

Research has shown that when fate (e.g.,a flip of a coin) determines the allocation of rewards for completing a task,participants will often

Why would something as apparently innocuous as a defendant's name influence the inferences and decisions of mock jurors in the experiment by Galen Bodenhausen (1988) ?

Research with elementary school girls and boys (Nichols,1975) has revealed that girls tend to make ____,whereas boys tend to make ____.

There is some evidence that there is at least a shred of truth underneath the stereotypes that African Americans are more athletic than Caucasians.One example of such evidence is that

Research with elementary school girls and boys (Nichols,1975) has revealed that girls tend to make ,whereas boys tend to make .