PSYC 360 Chapter 12 Quiz

Which of the following is NOT true about social categorization?

Categorizing people into groups uses up more cognitive resources than considering them as individuals.

What type of tool is used to measure automatic preferences such as one's attitude toward different groups?

Implicit Association Test (IAT)

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about ingroup favoritism?

Ingroup favoritism is not present in young children.

stereotyping usually occurs:

Outside our consciousness, making it hard to change.

Rafael has joined the Spanish Club at his school. According to the social identity theory, what is Rafael likely to do when he meets individuals from the German Club or French Club and defines them as outgroup members?

Rafael will exaggerate the similarities amongst outgroup members.

What is the difference between Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism?

SDO concentrates on economic conflicts while Right-wing Authoritarianism concentrates on value conflicts.

What is the difference between stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination?

Stereotypes are based on beliefs, prejudice is based on emotions, and discrimination is based on behavior.

Two groups who dislike each other have a problem neither group can solve alone. After working together on their problem, the interdependence theory suggests:

They will like each other more.

we get our stereotypes from

Through many sources, making it difficult to prevent the process.

Which of the following is true about ingroup favoritism?

We tend to make trait attributions in a way that favors ingroups over outgroups.

In the affect, behavior, cognition model, discrimination is:

a behavior

College professors are absent-minded and dwell in ivory towers. This statement is:

a stereotype

Aversive racism is an example of ________ bias.

ambiguous

In the affect, behavior, cognition model, a prejudice is:

an affect

Brandon does not believe he is prejudiced. However, he got very nervous when told he was randomly assigned to room with a man from Costa Rica for his first year in college. He plans to spend as little time as possible in his room because of this reason. Brandon is probably experiencing which of the following?

aversive racism

Education reduces prejudice, at least partly by:

changing social norms

Neir and his colleagues had Black and White interviewers approach White students who were attending a football game and ask if they were willing to help out with research by answering a questionnaire. The interviewers also wore hats representing either one of the two universities playing in the game. White students were significantly more likely to help the Black interviewers when they wore a hat of the same university as that worn by the interviewee. These results support the ______ model of reducing prejudice.

common in-group identity

Chukwudi believes that atheists cannot be trusted. As a result, he refuses to hire anyone who does not regularly attend church. Chukwudi's action is an example of __________.

discrimination

people who feel good about themselves

express less prejudice

Given the chance to say insulting things about outgroups, people tend to:

feel better

The tendency to excuse poor ingroup behavior based on circumstances when we would blame outgroup behavior on characteristics is:

group-serving bias

Which of the following combinations would most likely combine to create a person's schema of the "model minority" individual?

high in competence but low in sociability

A person grew up in Denver and likes the local football team. At an airport, they see one person wearing their team colors and another person wearing an opposing teams colors. When they have positive feelings about the first person and negative feelings about the second, the Denver native has shown:

ingroup favoritism

A student sees their new professor is much older than average. The student immediately feels disappointment and anxiety. This affect is:

prejudice

________ is an evaluation or emotion toward people merely based on their group membership.

prejudice

Authoritarian thinkers prefer:

simplicity

Going to lunch at a new school, a student notices certain kinds of people sit together. One table is occupied by nerds; another by the drama club kids; and another by motorheads. The new student is engaged in:

social categorization

Two groups of girls took a math test. Before the test, one group was told girls do well at these kinds of tests and the other group was told that girls do poorly at such tests. When the second group underperformed the first, this reveals:

stereotype threat

Mrs. Bartholomew, a kindergarten teacher, notices that her class of 12 students has divided itself into two rival groups of 6 children each. In order to reduce hostility between the two groups of children, she tells all 12 that they are part of a team that will work together on a project to compete with other classes. Mrs. Bartholomew's method of reducing tension between the children in her class is MOST consistent with _________.

the common ingroup identity model

The stereotype content model suggests that we judge social groups on which two features?

warmth and competence

Which statement is most likely at a group meeting?

we are good people