Psychology - Pop Quiz #7

Which of the following defines the concept of stereotype thread?

A feeling of anxiety when performing in a domain where one's group is expected to do poorly

Which is a type of schema about a social group?

A stereotype

A person diagnosed with cancer acquires which kind of stigma?

Abominations of the body

What is a stigma?

An attribute that discredits someone in the eyes of others

Which of the following results in response amplification?

Aversive racism.

A group with a competitive relationship toward the majority group may experience

Both Contemptuous and envious prejudice

Why has stereotyped thinking been a persistent part of human cognition?

Cognitive resource conservation is adpative.

______ prejudice most closely resembles the traditional definition of prejudice.

Contemptuous

A professor explains to an applicant that she never accepts married students into her lab. What is she doing?

Discriminating

Repeated exposure to stereotype threat can result in

Disidentification

What do studies using fMRI to assess prejudiced responses indicate?

Even if Whites believe they aren't prejudiced, they may experience fer and arousal around unfamiliar Blacks.

On average, which of the following is true about groups that enjoy disproportionate shares of wealth and power in a society?

Everything: They care less about values of fairness and equality than the rest of society, develop negative stereotypes about the people they harm, and justify harmful actions as being good for the society.

Altercation between Black and White teenagers, "You can tell they were after white people...if you were white, they were coming after you." How...able to "just tell" what the people were doing?

His stereotypes are shaping his perception of the event.

Which of the following is true of weight prejudice?

It is resistant to change at the implicit level.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of people who express anti-gay prejudice?

Likely to be more negative toward lesbians than toward gay men

If a young person believes that all elderly people are cranky, and bad at computers, whereas she knows that members her generation very in their temperament and technical skills, what is she demostrating?

Outgroup homogeneity

What have studies of "shooter/nonshooter" decision tasks found?

People are more likely to assume an ambiguous object held by a Black man is a weapon.

Racial attitudes held by Black people toward White people are often based on what?

Perceptions of threat or conflict

What are the attitudes that suggest that a group of people deserve an inferior social status called?

Prejudice

In times of economic hardship, American political debate....

Realistic group conflict

Which of the following is NOT true about stereotypes?

They are generally good descriptors of the stereotyped groups.

We tend to notice differences among individuals in groups to which we belong, more than differences among members of other groups. Why?

We use less effort in thinking about the other groups.

Toward whom does benevolent sexism direct the most hostility?

Woman who don't fit gender roles

Women's sexism is

benevolent toward other women, but hostile toward men

Prejudice against the obese is more common in societies where people view weight as

controllable.