chap 13: prejudice Flashcards
Which of the following statements about prejudice is FALSE?
a. Everyone, no matter their origin, is a potential target of prejudice.
b. While our enemies regard us in distorted fashion, our allies perceive us without prejudice.
c. Prejudices exist for nationalities, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and aspects of appearance and health.
d. Prejudices tend to “cut both ways”; if we have prejudice about one group, they will have prejudices about us.
b
________ refers to an attitude toward a distinguishable group of people based solely on their group membership.
a. Discrimination
b. Stereotyping
c. Racism
d. Prejudice
d
According to your text, prejudice can be considered a(n)
a. attitude.
b. cognition.
c. belief.
d. estimation.
a
Kevin only buys clothes made in America. He never buys clothes made in India or Pakistan. This demonstrates the ________ component of his attitude.
a. affective
b. behavioral
c. cognitive
d. disabling
b
One reason why logical arguments often fail to change stereotypes is that they are emotion-based arguments. The other reason is that
a. attitudes are organized such that schema-consistent information is given more attention.
b. stereotypes are perpetuated so strongly in the news media.
c. people who are prejudiced tend to also have lower IQs.
d. stereotypes are usually ingrained since birth.
a
Stereotypes are perpetuated in a culture. Thus, members of a culture may not believe the stereotypes, but most
a. will subscribe to them as adults.
b. will be aware of what the stereotypes are.
c. will use them to judge others.
d. have experiences that are in line with the stereotype.
b
The term ________ was coined by journalist Walter Lippman (1922), who referred to these phenomena as “the little pictures we carry around in our heads.”
a. generalization
b. heuristics
c. prejudgments
d. stereotype
d
Although psychologists usually refer to stereotypes only in a ________ sense, it is possible for a person to have a ________ stereotype about a particular group.
a. benign; destructive
b. positive; negative
c. negative; positive
d. specific; diffuse
c
Shane believes that women are more dependent, more nurturing, more intuitive, and less rational than men. These are examples of Shane’s ________ women.
a. prejudice toward
b. stereotypes about
c. discrimination against
d. negative affect toward
b
________ are generalizations about a group of people in which identical characteristics are ascribed to all members of the group, regardless of within-group variations.
a. Schemas
b. Stereotypes
c. In-group biases
d. Negative stereotypes
b
When Gordon Allport (1954) described stereotyping as “the law of least effort,” he was suggesting that stereotypes arise
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.
b
Stereotypes are beneficial to the extent that they
a. are selectively applied.
b. simplify a complex social world.
c. are reserved for ambiguous situations.
d. minimize differences within a group of people.
b
A cashier at the store assumes that because his next customer is elderly, she will take a long time to pay. The cashier is using his stereotypes about the elderly and not taking the time or energy to carefully consider each customer in his line as an individual. His use of stereotypes best exemplifies Allport’s idea of
a. the contact hypothesis.
b. the law of least effort.
c. scapegoating.
d. natural prejudice.
b
Alan just met Tina who is from a small rural town in the South. Alan believes that people from the South are narrow-minded, conservatively religious, and prudish. Tina, however, is none of these. What will Alan think?
a. His stereotype about southerners is incorrect.
b. Tina is an exception to his stereotype about southerners.
c. His stereotype needs revision.
d. His emotions about Tina aren’t appropriate.
b
Researchers exposed participants to a twenty-minute audiotape of a college basketball game. In this research, “Mark Flick” was rated by participants as more athletic if the participants thought he was
a. Japanese.
b. White.
c. African American.
d. Hispanic.
c
Some would argue that the stereotype that African Americans are athletic is flattering. Which of the following is one reason why it is abusive?
a. It is a gross overgeneralization.
b. It is denying White children the opportunity to play sports.
c. It implies that African Americans are built for hard labor.
d. It is a means of scapegoating.
a
- Which of the following is out of place?
a. aggressive
b. nurturing
c. predatory
d. cold
b
One common stereotype about women that your text discusses is that they tend to be
a. aggressive.
b. better than men at throwing long distances.
c. more nurturing.
d. good at math.
c
Both benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are alike in that they
a. put women on a pedestal.
b. idealize women romantically.
c. have uniformly negative views of women.
d. view women as the weaker sex.
d
Tara’s boss always calls her “Miss,” but refers to his other employees by name. He also goes out of his way to hold open a door for her, and has asked her a number of times to bring in some of her fabulous cookies for the office. Tara is experiencing ________ sexism from her boss.
a. hostile
b. puerile
c. benign
d. benevolent
d
Tina’s dad is a benevolent sexist. He’s most likely to approve of which of the following as Tina’s choice of major?
a. Law. He’s looking forward to her becoming a defense attorney.
b. Art. He wants her to continue making the world beautiful.
c. Chemistry. He would like for her to use her talents to make an incredible amount of money.
d. Criminal justice. He wants her to be the first female chief of police of their town.
b
Gordon Allport wrote that “defeated intellectually, prejudice lingers emotionally.” What did he mean by that statement?
a. Deep-seated negative feelings may persist, even when a person knows consciously that a prejudice is wrong.
b. Emotions and thoughts contribute equally to prejudice.
c. Without stereotypes, emotions wouldn’t exist.
a
According to some research, the degree of ________ prejudice has declined, but the degree of ________ prejudice keeps it alive under the surface.
a. implicit; explicit
b. explicit; implicit
c. benevolent; hostile
d. hostile; benevolent
a
Discrimination is the ________ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.
a. cognitive
b. pejorative
c. affective
d. behavioral
d
Jessica isn’t invited to a Super Bowl party her coworkers are throwing because she’s a woman. Jessica is experiencing ________ from her coworkers.
a. discrimination
b. prejudice
c. hostile sexism
d. race-based exclusion
a
Ken needs help with his algebra homework. He looks around the room at his new roommates and blurts out, “Hiro, you’re good at math, right? You can help me with my homework.” Because Hiro is Japanese American, Ken assumes he’s good at math. This represents a(n)
a. microaggression.
b. prejudice.
c. discrimination.
d. scapegoat.
a
Researchers use a person’s reluctance to get too close to a person from another group as a measure of discrimination. This is known as
a. microaggression.
b. social distance.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. social identity.
b
According to research presented in the chapter, people believe that female jobs require which of the following?
a. strength and smarts
b. intelligence and perseverance
c. height and resistance
d. kindness and nurturance
d
Getting more women into science, technology, and engineering is a major goal for the U.S. A study (Hewlitt, Luce, & Servon, 2008) found that one of the main reasons that women left these jobs was which of the following?
a. being given too many job responsibilities
b. having too many other women coworkers
c. having too little structure to their schedules
d. being sexually harassed
d
Researchers had participants look at photos of African American and white young men holding various objects in their hand. The participants’ job was to determine if the object in the hand was a gun or not, and to press a button labeled “shoot” if the object was a gun. This research demonstrated a greater likelihood to
a. press the button and “shoot” the black young men, regardless of what they were holding.
b. press the button and “shoot” the white young men, regardless of what they were holding.
c. not press the button at all and thereby be shot themselves.
d. press the button for every young man they saw.
a
A popular research technique to identify the prejudices that people don’t want to admit is to send identical resumes to potential employers. A research team also created fake Facebook pages to represent some of those fake resumes. They found that
a. in liberal states, potential employers were less likely to give interviews to women.
b. in conservative states, potential employers were less interested in interviewing gay men or lesbians.
c. in conservative states, Muslim applicants were less likely to get an interview.
d. in liberal states, men were less likely to get an interview than women.
c
The _______ is thought to measure unconscious prejudices according to the speed with which people can pair a target face with a positive or negative association.
a. Implicit Association Test
b. affective component
c. self-fulfilling prophecy
d. contact hypothesis
a