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Chapter 9 - Prejudice Flashcards

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  1. People who are overweight:

A. face less discrimination than minority racial groups.
B. face more discrimination than minority racial groups in employment settings.
C. are perceived as happy and content.
D. marry more often and make more money than others.

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B. face more discrimination than minority racial groups in employment settings.

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  1. According to Lyons et al. (2010), since the Iraq war, Americans with a strong national identity expressed the most disdain for:

A. Arab immigrants.
B. Turks.
C. Orthodox Christians.
D. Jews.

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A. Arab immigrants.

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  1. A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members is called:

A. speculation.
B. disposition.
C. stigma.
D. prejudice.

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A. speculation.

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  1. Prejudice is different from discrimination in that prejudice is a negative:

A. behavior.
B. conduct.
C. attitude.
D. demeanor.

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C. attitude.

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  1. Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. effects.
B. inclinations to act.
C. cognitions.
D. behaviors.

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D. behaviors.

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  1. A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people is called a(n):

A. effect.
B. behavioral tendency.
C. illusion.
D. stereotype.

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D. stereotype.

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  1. Jay believes that all Muslims are violent extremists. This is an example of:

A. discrimination.
B. a stereotype.
C. a behavioral tendency.
D. groupthink.

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B. a stereotype.

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  1. In the context of prejudice, which of the following illustrates stereotyping?

A. Miguel tends to depend primarily on a single source of information when making important decisions.
B. Seán believes that his friend Angel is a good athlete because she is from Africa and all Blacks are good at sports.
C. Myra sympathizes with her brother when he gets poor scores in science because he was ill on the day of the exam.
D. Ella believes that she will win a jackpot this year because she had won a lottery the previous year.

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B. Seán believes that his friend Angel is a good athlete because she is from Africa and all Blacks are good at sports.

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  1. ________ is a negative attitude, whereas ________ is a negative behavior.

A. Discrimination; racism
B. Racism; stereotyping
C. Discrimination; prejudice
D. Prejudice; discrimination

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D. Prejudice; discrimination

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  1. If word-of-mouth hiring practices in an all-White business have the effect of excluding potential non-White employees, the practice could be called:

A. racism.
B. feminism.
C. misogyny.
D. linguicism.

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A. racism.

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  1. In the context of prejudice, which of the following exemplifies discrimination?

A. Pierre tends to ignore problems rather than find solutions to them.
B. Beatriz refuses to share her hostel room with a girl belonging to a minority population.
C. Piyush prefers to have juice rather than coffee on a summer day.
D. Michelle sees to it that her brother receives special care as he suffers from a genetic anomaly.

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B. Beatriz refuses to share her hostel room with a girl belonging to a minority population.

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  1. An institutional practice that subordinates people of a given gender is called:

A. sexism.
B. sadism.
C. racism.
D. linguicism.

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A. sexism.

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  1. Mr. Watson’s belief that Blacks are lazy is an example of ________. His refusal to rent an apartment to a Black family is an example of ________.

A. a prejudice; a stigma
B. discrimination; a prejudice
C. a stereotype; discrimination
D. racism; a prejudice

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C. a stereotype; discrimination

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  1. Recent research confirms that prejudiced and stereotyped evaluations:

A. are more widespread than formerly believed.
B. remain extremely high for females and extremely low for males.
C. do not stem from socialization, but are innate characteristics that we are born with.
D. can occur outside one’s conscious awareness.

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D. can occur outside one’s conscious awareness.

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  1. A state police force has set a height requirement of 5 feet 10 inches for all officers. This requirement is irrelevant to job effectiveness but generally excludes Hispanics and Asians from the force. Such a requirement most clearly reflects:

A. racism.
B. scapegoating.
C. disablism.
D. linguicism.

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A. racism.

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  1. In the context of the motivational sources of prejudice, which of the following theories states that people shield themselves from the threat of their own death by derogating those whose challenges to their worldviews further arouse their anxiety?

A. socioemotional selectivity theory
B. terror management theory
C. drive theory
D. schemata theory

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B. terror management theory

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  1. In making its historic 1954 decision declaring segregated schools unconstitutional, the Supreme Court found it noteworthy that when the Clarks gave African American children a choice between Black dolls and White dolls, most:

A. chose the Black dolls.
B. chose the White dolls.
C. refused to choose between them.
D. used the dolls in aggressive symbolic play.

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B. chose the White dolls.

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  1. Identify a region in the brain that underlies fear and aggression and facilitates such automatic responding.

A. the inferior frontal gyrus
B. the superior frontal gyrus
C. the cerebellum
D. the amygdala

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D. the amygdala

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  1. Although Marcia says she is not prejudiced against Blacks, she votes against interviewing a job applicant with an African name. She is most likely exhibiting:

A. overt discrimination.
B. homophobia.
C. modern racism.
D. jingoism.

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C. modern racism.

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  1. Greenwald and his colleagues (2003) asked both Black and White participants to press a “shoot” button when the target appeared to be holding a gun rather than a harmless object such as a flashlight. The results of this study showed that the participants more often misperceived the object and mistakenly shot harmless targets who were Black. This shows that:

A. to show prejudice people, must be aware of their attitudes.
B. automatic, implicit prejudice exists.
C. people are not prejudiced.
D. prejudice is neither implicit nor explicit.

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B. automatic, implicit prejudice exists.

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  1. Which of the following illustrates the concept of stereotyping?

A. Greta considers reading a useful pastime.
B. Russell believes that all men love adventure.
C. Oscar enrolls himself in a mediocre college as his friend has done so.
D. Laila recalls her childhood as being better than it really was.

A

B. Russell believes that all men love adventure.

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  1. People’s ideas about how men and women ought to behave are called ________, whereas people’s beliefs about how women and men do behave are called ________.

A. gender-role norms; gender stereotypes
B. gender stereotypes; gender-role norms
C. gender preferences; gender roles
D. sexist attitudes; sexist stereotypes

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A. gender-role norms; gender stereotypes

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  1. Identify a true statement about prejudice.

A. Prejudiced evaluations always occur consciously.
B. Prejudice illustrates one’s dual attitude system.
C. Prejudice is negative behavior.
D. All oppression springs from prejudice.

A

B. Prejudice illustrates one’s dual attitude system.

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  1. Norms are ________; stereotypes are ________.

A. descriptive; prescriptive
B. prescriptive; descriptive
C. implicit; explicit
D. explicit; implicit

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B. prescriptive; descriptive

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  1. Which of the following statements is true of gender stereotypes?

A. Strong gender stereotypes are nonexistent.
B. The members of a stereotyped group accept gender stereotypes.
C. The average man and woman do differ in intelligence.
D. Attitudes toward women have remain unchanged unlike racial attitudes.

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B. The members of a stereotyped group accept gender stereotypes.

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  1. Averaging data from 27 countries, John Williams and his colleagues (1999, 2000) found that people everywhere perceive women as more ________ and men as more ________.

A. agreeable; outgoing
B. outgoing; agreeable
C. intelligent; emotional
D. emotional; intelligent

A

A. agreeable; outgoing

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