Chapter 3

Question 1

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

Answer 1

a. emotion that is unrelated to the intergroup interaction

Question 2

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

Answer 2

b. emotion that arises within the intergroup interaction

Question 3

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

Answer 3

c. episodic outgroup affect

Question 4

One’s stable feeling toward the outgroup is:

a. integral affect
b. chronic outgroup affect
c. episodic outgroup affect
d. incidental affect

Answer 4

b. chronic outgroup affect

Question 5

Unintentional, nonconscious retention of information is called:
a. implicit memory

b. episodic memory
c. explicit memory
d. none of the above

Answer 5

a. implicit memory

Question 6

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

Answer 6

d. conscious recollection of previous experiences

Question 7

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

Answer 7

d. aversive racism

Question 8

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

Answer 8

b. low; do not

Question 9

The IAT stands for:

a. internal attitude test
b. implicit awareness test
c. internal association test
d. implicit association test

Answer 9

d. implicit association test

Question 10

_____ 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

Answer 10

d. the IAT; priming measures

Question 11

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)

Answer 11

c. Modern Racism Scale (MRS)

Question 12

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

Answer 12

a. stereotype suppression

Question 13

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

Answer 13

b. making the forbidden thought even more accessible (we think of it even more)

Question 14

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

Answer 14

a. only highly-motivated persons can accomplish it

Question 15

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

Answer 15

b. are more likely to

Question 16

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

Answer 16

a. are less likely to

Question 17

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

Answer 17

b. are more likely to

Question 18

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

Answer 18

d. none of the above

Question 19

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

Answer 19

a. explicit memory

Question 20

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

Answer 20

a. enhance