Chapter 3 Flashcards
Incidental affect is defined as:
a. emotion that is unrelated to the intergroup interaction
b. emotion that arises within the intergroup interaction
c. one’s stable feeling toward the outgroup
d. none of the above
a. emotion that is unrelated to the intergroup interaction
Integral affect is defined as:
a. emotion that is unrelated to the intergroup interaction
b. emotion that arises within the intergroup interaction
c. one’s stable feeling toward the outgroup
d. none of the above
b. emotion that arises within the intergroup interaction
One’s affective reaction to a specific member of the outgroup is:
a. integral affect
b. chronic outgroup affect
c. episodic outgroup affect
d. incidental affect
c. episodic outgroup affect
One’s stable feeling toward the outgroup is:
a. integral affect
b. chronic outgroup affect
c. episodic outgroup affect
d. incidental affect
b. chronic outgroup affect
Unintentional, nonconscious retention of information is called:
a. implicit memory
b. episodic memory
c. explicit memory
d. none of the above
a. implicit memory
Explicit memory is defined as:
a. unintentional nonconscious retention of memory
b. memory for a specific intergroup interaction
c. memory for a specific event
d. conscious recollection of previous experiences
d. conscious recollection of previous experiences
A type of racism in which the individual believes they are nonprejudiced, but they still harbor negative feelings about the outgroup
a. explicit racism
b. outgroup homogeneity bias
c. implicit racism
d. aversive racism
d. aversive racism
Monteith et al. (1998) found that ____prejudiced persons___ experience stereotype rebound.
a. low; do
b. low; do not
c. high, do
d. high, do not
b. low; do not
The IAT stands for:
a. internal attitude test
b. implicit awareness test
c. internal association test
d. implicit association test
d. implicit association test
_____ measure(s) associations to a category, while ____ assesses the average responses to individual category exemplars.
a. priming measures; explicit tests
b. the IAT; explicit tests
c. explicit tests; priming measures
d. the IAT; priming measures
d. the IAT; priming measures
As a measure of stereotyping and prejudice, the ____ has been criticized as a highly reactive, invalid instrument with low convergent validity with other measures of prejudice.
a. the IAT
b. implicit memory test
c. Modern Racism Scale (MRS)
d. measure of modern prejudice (MMP)
c. Modern Racism Scale (MRS)
When we are told not to think of stereotypes when evaluating someone else, we are engaging in:
a. stereotype suppression
b. prejudice reduction strategies
c. inhibition of cognition
d. social perception
a. stereotype suppression
Dan Wegner (1989, 1984) found that trying to not think about something has the effect of:
a. clouding our reasoning in social judgment tasks
b. making the forbidden thought even more accessible (we think of it even more)
c. reducing stereotyping
d. none of the above
b. making the forbidden thought even more accessible (we think of it even more)
Most research on controlling thoughts of stereotypes tends to conclude that
a. only highly-motivated persons can accomplish it
b. it is an impossible task, even for the most highly motivated persons
c. providing punishments and rewards enhances the likelihood that one can successfully not activate stereotypes in social judgments
d. none of the above
a. only highly-motivated persons can accomplish it
When people feel anger, they ___use stereotypes in their social judgments
a. are less likely to
b. are more likely to
c. no more likely to
d. are unwilling to
b. are more likely to
When people feel sad, they ____ use stereotypes in their social judgments
a. are less likely to
b. are more likely to
c. no more likely to
d. are unwilling to
a. are less likely to
When people feel happy, they  use stereotypes in their social judgments
a. are less likely to
b. are more likely to
c. no more likely to
d. are unwilling to
b. are more likely to
Recall our discussion of the experiment on the subliminal self-help tapes by Greenwald (1991). Results of his experiments demonstrated that:
a. subjects who listened to self-esteem enhancing tapes showed increased levels of self- esteem, while those who had memory-enhancing tapes showed no improved memory
b. subjects who listened to memory-enhancing tapes showed increased memory capabilities, while those who had self-esteem enhancing tapes showed no improved self esteem
c. among subjects who were told that they were listening to a memory-enhancing tape, their self-esteem actually improved, and among those listening to a self-esteem enhancing tape, their memory capability actually improved (because each group was actually listening to the other group’s tape).
d. none of the above
d. none of the above
Memory for facts, and characterized by a conscious recollection of previous experiences is termed:
a. explicit memory
b. implicit memory
c. chronic outrgoup memory
d. integral memory
a. explicit memory
During an intergroup interaction, if one person feels anxious, that anxiety tends to their reliance on stereotypes as they perceive and evaluate the other individual.
a. enhance
b. inhibit
c. have no effect upon
d. first inhibit, then enhance
a. enhance
