Psych Test 2- stereotypes etc.
Charles is a Red Sox fan who does not think highly of Yankees fans. Which of the following statements Charles made in the past week is most consistent with the concept of outgroup homogeneity?
"Obnoxious, rude, and prone to throwing batteries...if you've seen one; you've seen them all."
according to social-role theory, gender differences that arise from social roles provide a continuing basis for
Gender stereotypes
research by Jennifer Richeson, Nicole Shelton and colleagues demonstrates that caucasian individuals who score high on a measure of implicit racism
Must exert a great deal of cognitive effort in order to avoid prejudice when interacting with African American
Zena just learned that she did not get into the college of her choice. She comes upon Alec, a resident of a neighborhood and one that most outsiders find distasteful. It is likely that the news Zena just received will cause her to judge Alec ________, making her feel ______ about herself.
Negatively; better
a shared goal that can be achieved only through cooperation among individuals or group is
SUPERodinate
according to Daryl Bem's ______ theory, a person examines their behavior to reveal what their attitude is
Self perception
Bridgette thinks short people are lazy and Barbara refuses to let short people join her book club. Bridgette is exhibiting _____, whereas Barbara is exhibiting _____.
Stereotyping, discrimination
research on stereotype threat suggests that underperformance by African Americans in academic settings may be due to
a fear of confirming negative stereotypes of african americans
Word and colleagues (1974) conducted a study examining the influence on racial stereotyping on job interview performance. the study demonstrated that
a job interview's behavior can create a self fulfilling prophecy that leads applicants of a particular race to objectively perform more poorly than other applicants
which one of the following choices is most likely to be the LEAST persuasive
a message that appears to be designed to change our attitude.
regarding the relationship between a person's attitude and their behavior, which one of the following is not completely accurate?
a person's attitude will always predict their behavior
What is one method of measuring unconscious attitudes
administer the implicit association test (IAT) to subjects
what is one technique that can be used to resist persuasion by others?
attitude inoculation
affectionate feelings toward women based on the belief that women need protection are referred to as ________ sexism
benevolent
when people are presented with information and they are naturally analytical or the information is highly involved, they are likely to be persuaded via the ________ route to persuasion. When people are not engaged with the information, or they tend to make snap judgments, they are more likely to be persuaded via the ______ route.
central; peripheral
Dissonance theory explains attitude ____________, While self perception theory explains attitude ___________
changer, formation
A teenager is out with her friends at the mall. Although she doesn't believe in shoplifting, when they all take earrings and put them in their pockets, she does as well. As a result, she will most likely experience
cognitive dissonance
when a person's behavior is incongruent with their attitude and they feel unsettled or disturbed because of it, this is referred to as
cognitive dissonance
self presentation theory argues that people will adopt attitudes consistent with behaviors in order to
create good impressions
analytical people who enjoy thinking carefully, show a
high need for cognition
Negative feelings directed at women's abilities, values, and ability to challenge the power of men are referred to as
hostile sexism
Gender stereotypes are prescriptive. This means that gender stereotypes
identify what men and women should be like
research on the jigsaw method has found that jigsaw classrooms saw an
improvement in minorities and maintenance of test scores for the majority groups
all of the followings result from social categorization except
increased tendency to notice behaviors inconsistent with group stereotypes
according to the self regulation of prejudiced responses model, _____ motivated individuals may learn to control their prejudices _______ effectively over time
internally, more
a junior high coach decides to separate his basketball players into an A team and a B team. These two teams regularly play each other and compete for rewards such as the time at the drinking fountain and use of the new basketballs. The Robbers Cave experiment would suggest that the coach's new arrangement is likely to
lead to animosity between the A team and the B team
Persuasion research has shown that, due to similarity, a person will be more persuaded by someone who is
like him/her
the most effective fear arousing message is one that
offers a solution to deal with the problem
The belief "they're all the same best epitomizes which of the following concepts
outgroup homogeneity
Social categorization leads people to
overestimate differences between groups
research findings regarding dehumanization indicate that
people tend to process out-group faces in a manner similar to the processing of nonhuman objects
Stereotypes differ from prejudice and discrimination in that stereotypes concern
positive or negative beliefs about a social group.
Bonnie dislikes all lawyers. This is an example of
prejudice
some border- town residents dislike illegal immigrants because they fear that the immigrants will take jobs away from them. These feelings can best be explained by
realistic conflict theory
Which route to persuasion is more likely to produce lasting change
the central route to persuasion
the idea that, under certain conditions, direct contact between hostile groups can reduce prejudice is most consistent with
the contact hypothesis
which of the following choices is not one of the four elements of persuasion, originally described by Karl Hovland, and used today in persuasion research
the location of the communication
Which of the following is not predicted by the social identity theory?
threats to self esteem tend to decrease in-group favoritism
Regarding one of the elements of persuasion, credibility pertains to
whether the message communicator is viewed as being an expert and someone who can be trusted