Chapter 5 Flashcards
______ is an anti-African American prejudice, found in individuals who believe they are very egalitarian, but who also have negative feelings and attitudes toward African Americans.
a. symbolic racism
b. aversive racism
c. modern racism
d. hostile racism
b. aversive racism
When one is trying to present oneself on a questionnaire as having acceptable, likeable traits and attitudes, even though this may not be an honest response, the respondent’s bias is said to reflect:
a. symbolic racism
b. experimenter expectancy effects
c. demand characteristics
d. social desirability
d. social desirability
A technique in which the participant is hooked up to a device that is said to measure “true attitudes” in order to ascertain whether a participant harbors any hidden prejudiced attitudes is called the:
a. social desirability method
b. truthful evaluation procedure
c. bogus pipeline
d. priming method
c. bogus pipeline
Aspects of the experimental situation that bias the way the participant responds are referred to as:
a. demand characteristics
b. experimenter expectancy effects
c. social desirability
d. none of the above
a. demand characteristics
Symbolic racism is defined as:
a. a subtle form of prejudice that is only expressed when the person believes it is safe, socially acceptable, or easily rationalizable
b. anti African-American prejudice originating out of the belief that African Americans violate traditional American values
c. anti African-American prejudice in individuals who believe they are very egalitarian, but who also have negative feelings and attitudes toward African Americans.
d. none of the above
b. anti African-American prejudice originating out of the belief that African Americans violate traditional American values
An anti African-American prejudice originating out of the belief that African Americans violate traditional American values is referred to as:
a. symbolic racism
b. aversive racism
c. modern racism
d. hostile racism
a. symbolic racism
Aversive racism is defined as:
a. a subtle form of prejudice that is only expressed when the person believes it is safe, socially acceptable, or easily rationalizable
b. anti African-American prejudice originating out of the belief that African Americans violate traditional American values
c. anti African-American prejudice in individuals who believe they are very egalitarian, but who also have negative feelings and attitudes toward African Americans.
d. none of the above
c. anti African-American prejudice in individuals who believe they are very egalitarian, but who also have negative feelings and attitudes toward African Americans.
Social Desirability is defined as:
a. aspects of the experiment that bias the way the participant responds
b. the subtle, unintentional, and nonverbal behavior of the experimenter that bias the way the participant responds
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c. presenting oneself as having acceptable, likeable traits and attitudes, even though this may not be an honest response
d. none of the above
c. presenting oneself as having acceptable, likeable traits and attitudes, even though this may not be an honest response
What is the ‘bogus pipeline’?
a. A technique in which the participant is hooked up to a device that is said to measure “true attitudes” in order to ascertain whether a participant harbors any hidden prejudiced attitudes
b. a method of obtaining attitudes on sensitive social issues via reaction time
c. the assessment of racial prejudice via implicit memory
d. none of the above
a. A technique in which the participant is hooked up to a device that is said to measure “true attitudes” in order to ascertain whether a participant harbors any hidden prejudiced attitudes
When researchers are designing an experiment, they want to avoid ‘demand characteristics.’ What are those?
a. the subtle, unintentional, and nonverbal behavior of the experimenter that bias the participant’s responses
b. aspects about the experiment situation that bias the participant’s responses
c. any coercive aspect about the study that puts pressure on participant’s to respond the way the experimenter wants them to respond.
d. none of the above
b. aspects about the experiment situation that bias the participant’s responses
Katz and Braly (1933) are noted as the first researchers to study the_____.
a. theory of modern racism
b. theory of aversive racism
c. bogus pipeline procedure
d. content of stereotypes
d. content of stereotypes
Over the decades since the Katz and Braly (1933) study, researchers have noticed that scores on measures of prejudice have dropped. Current researchers interpret this as indicating that :
a. people today are much less likely to believe, and also overtly express negative racial attitudes
b. civil rights legislation in the 1960’s led to tremendous shifts in society, including clarifying the many ways that the rights of African Americans were violated
c. the majority group has redirected their prejudice from African Americans against Latinos.
d. none of the above
a. people today are much less likely to believe, and also overtly express negative racial attitudes
