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Question 1

What is bias?

Answer 1

This is prejudice in favor of or against another thing, person, or group

Question 2

What are stereotypes?

Answer 2

Generalizations that a person has about another person or group of people. Stereotypes can be both positive and negative

Question 3

What can stereotypes lead to?

Answer 3

Out-group homogeneity bias, which is when a person views another group as all the same

Question 4

discrimination vs prejudice

Answer 4

Discrimination is when a person acts on a bias they have against another person, group, or thing. While prejudice is an opinion against a person, group, or thing that is not based on reason (Prejudice = attitude/thought: Discrimination = action

Question 5

Three common aspects of a prejudice

Answer 5

1) Negative emotions about the person or group2) Established stereotypes about the person or group 3) Person is more inclined to discriminate against the person or group

Question 6

Explain the difference between implicit and explicit prejudice

Answer 6

Explicit prejudice is prejudice that people are aware of and consciously agree with. While implicit prejudice is negative feelings that an individual has towards another person or group that they have without them being aware of it

Question 7

Explain scapegoat theory

Answer 7

A person has prejudice against someone or some group and they blame them for an event or outcome that they were not involved with

Question 8

Explain how ethnocentrism differs from cultural relativism

Answer 8

Cultural relativism is the practice of judging a culture by its own standards. While ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture

Question 9

Describe the mere exposure effect

Answer 9

This is when a person starts to feel more positive about a person or item the more they are exposed to it.

Question 10

mere exposure effect

Answer 10

The more you hear a song the more you will start to like it