Book 1, Chapter 4

Question 1

Gordon Allport (1954)
pp. 136-137

Answer 1

1. prejudice research
2. Defined prejudice as “an antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible generalisation
   3.

Question 2

Correll et al. (2002)

pp. 139-141

Answer 2

1. Amadou Diallo case research
2. Experimental research based on the question: How can we know that race exerted an influence above and beyond these factors?

Question 3

Rokeach (1960)

pp. 142-143

Answer 3

1. dogmatic personalities

2. prejudice arises from rigid forms of cognition that are rooted in the individuals personality development

Question 4

Contact Hypothesis

p.166

Answer 4

The hypothesis that positive interaction between members of different groups tends to reduce intergroup prejudice.