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