Quiz 9

The phrase "they are all alike, but we are diverse" reflects

Outgroup homogeneity effect

Which statement is FALSE?

Racial stereotypes are stronger than gender stereotypes.

Eagly's (1994) "women-are-wonderful" effect is an example of

a favorable stereotype

Who is most likely to support a policy, such as tax cuts for the wealthy, that maintains hierarchies?

a person high in social dominance

Jay believes that all Muslims are violent extremists. This is

a stereotype

Mr. Wong, a high school teacher, tells his class that he thinks boys tend to be less anxious and thus make better speeches than girls do. The girls in his class become apprehensive when preparing and giving speeches in his class. The girls are experiencing

a stereotype threat

Research concerning automatic prejudices reveals that

automatic processing involves primitive areas of the brain associated with fear.

Around the world, people tend to prefer

baby boys

In Harber's (1998) study, poorly written essays received higher evaluations if participants were led to believe they were written by

black students

A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group is called

ethnocentrism

The just-world phenomenon may lead us to believe that an unemployed person is

lazy and lacks virtue

A consistent finding concerning Christianity in North America is that, in comparison to nonmembers, church members show _______ than nonmembers.

more racial prejudice

We are more prone to ingroup biases when our group is _______ and _______ relative to the outgroup.

small; low in status

_______ occurs when a new stereotype is formed about groups of individuals who do not fit their stereotype.

subgrouping

Elvis is a gay man. He believes that every time he speaks people interpret his opinions in terms of his homosexuality and expects to be the victim of prejudice of discrimination. Which of the following best describes Elvis?

very stigma conscious