Module 9 Quiz Flashcards
In your group chat, a friend sends you a link to a new online “game” in which people have to decide as quickly as possible whether a word (e.g., “geometry”) is related to math or to art. Just before each word appears, a male or female face is flashed very quickly on the screen. Based on what you learned in this module, this “game” is probably a measure of:
a) Explicit prejudice
b) Explicit stereotypes
c) Implicit prejudice
d) Implicit stereotypes
e) Both c and d
d) Implicit stereotypes
Recall that a former TA for this course (Antonya Gonzalez) conducted a study in which some children visiting Science World–a science museum in Vancouver–were randomly assigned to learn about black individuals like James the fire fighter (or not) before taking the IAT. Imagine that a bunch of the participants in the study were middle schoolers from Seattle who were visiting Science World as part of a weekend field trip to Vancouver. Also, imagine that these students took the same IAT both 2 weeks before the trip and 2 weeks after the trip. What would Vuletich and Payne (2019) predict about these students?
a) Students’ scores on the IAT they took at Science World should be highly correlated with their scores on the IAT they took 2 weeks later.
b) Students who read about James should show reduced bias on the IAT at Science World, but 2 weeks later, each student’s score should return very close to their own baseline score on the IAT taken before the trip.
c) Regardless of what condition they were in at Science World, students’ scores 2 weeks after the trip will be similar to their classmates’ average level of bias as measured 2 weeks before the trip.
d) Both a and b.
e) All of the above.
c) Regardless of what condition they were in at Science World, students’ scores 2 weeks after the trip will be similar to their classmates’ average level of bias as measured 2 weeks before the trip.
Vuletich and Payne’s (2019) study provides direct evidence for which of the following causal conclusions?
a) Removing Confederate monuments from university campuses would reduce implicit bias among students.
b) Hiring more diverse (i.e., non-White) faculty would reduce implicit bias among students.
c) Providing land acknowledgements at the beginning of university events would reduce implicit bias among students.
d) Both a and b
e) None of the above
e) None of the above
You have been hired as consultant to assist with the merger of two engineering companies. The two companies have been fierce competitors in the past, and employees of each company have some negative stereotypes about employees of the other company. Your goal is to reduce these stereotypes and help the two groups get along. Drawing on research examining how contact can reduce stereotypes/prejudice between groups, it is essential to do all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Hold a lunch meeting for all employees in which the leaders of both companies give a joint presentation about the importance of everyone working together.
b) Ensure that employees from both companies have equal status in the new, larger company.
c) Ensure that employees coming from each company have lots of opportunities to get to know employees from the other company.
d) Ensure that employees from each company have many more positive interactions than negative interactions with employees from the other company.
d) Ensure that employees from each company have many more positive interactions than negative interactions with employees from the other company.
Imagine that various teams are considering the following ideas below. Which of their ideas would meet the requirements for the 308 term paper?
a) Building on the research described by Vuletich and Payne, Team A wants to examine the hypothesis that people over age 40 are more likely to exhibit implicit bias compared to people under age 25.
b) Building on the research on the liking gap discussed in an ALS, Team B wants to examine whether the liking gap is smaller when people are assigned to study together (versus simply hanging out). Because their idea isn’t based on a course reading, they plan to do a lot of external research and discuss this outside research rather than citing any course readings.
c) Building on an idea they saw on Instagram (that is not directly related to material covered in class), Team C wants to examine whether people who smile frequently are perceived as being less mature than people who smile infrequently.
d) Building on Krueger et al’s research on egocentrism over email, Team D wants to examine whether individual differences in neuroticism are related to accuracy in perceiving sarcasm; they don’t have a specific hypothesis but just want to see whether there is a relationship.
e) None of the above
e) None of the above
