Question 1

Betty and Tina are in the third grade.They have been chosen for their school team to participate in a math competition against other local schools.They are excited on the morning of the competition because they both believe that their team is going to win since they are the better team.The girls' belief best illustrates:

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A)  the just-world phenomenon.
B)  ingroup bias.
C)  the fundamental attribution error.
D)  outgroup bias.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Beth believes that all sorority members are unintelligent and self-centered.After meeting Kim,who has a 4.0 GPA and volunteers 20 hours each week to help disabled children,Beth says "Well,Kim is an exception to the rule." This is an example of:

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A)  the illusion of transparency.
B)  scapegoating.
C)  subtyping.
D)  the just-world phenomenon.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

People redirect their hostility when the cause of their frustration is intimidating or unknown.This phenomenon is known as ________.

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A)  anchoring
B)  scapegoating
C)  affective forecasting
D)  behavioral imprintingE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 4

A group that people perceive as distinctively different from or apart from their ingroup is called a(n) :

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A)  ingroup.
B)  outgroup.
C)  intragroup.
D)  personal group.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

People's ideas about how men and women ought to behave are called ________,whereas people's beliefs about how women and men do behave are called ________.

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A)  gender-role norms;gender stereotypes
B)  gender stereotypes;gender-role norms
C)  gender preferences;gender roles
D)  sexist attitudes;sexist stereotypesE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

According to Baumeister (2007) ,Brunner et al.(2013) ,and S.Pinker (2008) ,unlike women,men are ________.

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A)  mostly not found in special education programs
B)  less likely to be diagnosed with intellectual disability
C)  three times less likely to commit suicide and be murdered
D)  nearly all the battlefield and death row casualtiesE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Jeremy's belief that earthquake victims are being punished by God for their own sins best illustrates:

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A)  Gause's law.
B)  the just-world phenomenon.
C)  an ingroup bias.
D)  stereotype vulnerability.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Albert sees a lot of difference between his fraternity brothers but thinks that all sorority girls are the same.Albert's beliefs are best explained by:

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A)  the outgroup homogeneity effect.
B)  his authoritarian personality.
C)  his social dominance orientation.
D)  the own-race bias.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Advik,a 15-year-old,believes that the winning team in the intra-school quiz competition won because the members knew the answers to the quiz questions beforehand.He convinces himself that they performed better than his team because they cheated.In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice,Advik's belief illustrates ________.

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A)  the cross-race effect
B)  a group-serving bias
C)  an automation bias
D)  the third-person effectE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

The realistic group conflict theory suggests that prejudice arises:

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A)  when groups share a common goal.
B)  when people believe that they get what they deserve and deserve what they get.
C)  between groups who fail to communicate clearly with each other.
D)  when groups compete for scarce resources.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

African Americans in the South were lynched after the Civil War.Between 1882 and 1930,more lynchings occurred in years when cotton prices were low and economic frustration was presumably high.This suggests that prejudice can be partly explained by ________.

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A)  chauvinism.
B)  the just-world hypothesis.
C)  displaced aggression.
D)  antisemitism.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true of the social sources of prejudice?

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A)  Groups that enjoy social superiority justify their privileged positions by denying prejudicial beliefs.
B)  Prejudice springs from equal,rather than unequal,social status.
C)  People high in social dominance orientation prefer jobs that undermine hierarchies.
D)  Social institutions sometimes support prejudice through overt policies or through unintentional inertiaE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Explaining away outgroup members' positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions is known as:

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A)  defensive pessimism.
B)  just-world bias.
C)  intragroup discrimination.
D)  group-serving bias.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

Finn is the manager of a firm.He tends to give more opportunities to female employees than to male employees.He believes that women do their work more honestly than men.He also makes remarks such as "Women are highly intuitive" and "Women possess beauty with brains." As a result,the male employees in Finn's firm suffer from inferiority complex.In the context of prejudice,this scenario illustrates ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency illusion
B)  ethnocentrism
C)  benevolent sexism
D)  scapegoatingE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of benevolent sexism?

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A)  "Women have a superior moral sensibility."
B)  "Once a man commits,she puts him on a tight leash."
C)  "Women are less skilled in mathematics than men."
D)  "On the whole,women make worse political leaders than men."E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members is called:

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A)  speculation.
B)  disposition.
C)  stigma.
D)  prejudice.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

A consistent finding concerning North American Christianity is that White church members have expressed ________ than nonmembers.

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A)  more racial prejudice
B)  less racial prejudice
C)  more sexism but less racism
D)  more conformity but less authoritarianismE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 18

In the context of distinctiveness,Crocker and McGraw (1984) and S.E.Taylor et al.(1979) found that a Black person in an otherwise White group,a man in an otherwise female group,or a woman in an otherwise male group seems:

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A)  less prominent than the others in the group.
B)  less influential.
C)  insignificant to the group.
D)  more prominent and influential.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)  effects.
B)  inclinations to act.
C)  cognitions.
D)  behaviors.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

In the context of the social sources of prejudice,a personality that is disposed to favor obedience to authority and intolerance of outgroups and those lower in status is known as a(n) ________.

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A)  neurotic personality
B)  melancholic personality
C)  charismatic personality
D)  authoritarian personalityE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Exam 9: Prejudice: Disliking Others

In the context of the social sources of prejudice,a personality that is disposed to favor obedience to authority and intolerance of outgroups and those lower in status is known as a(n) ________.

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The realistic group conflict theory suggests that prejudice arises:

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Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT:

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People redirect their hostility when the cause of their frustration is intimidating or unknown.This phenomenon is known as ________.

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People's ideas about how men and women ought to behave are called ,whereas people's beliefs about how women and men do behave are called .

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Beth believes that all sorority members are unintelligent and self-centered.After meeting Kim,who has a 4.0 GPA and volunteers 20 hours each week to help disabled children,Beth says "Well,Kim is an exception to the rule." This is an example of:

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African Americans in the South were lynched after the Civil War.Between 1882 and 1930,more lynchings occurred in years when cotton prices were low and economic frustration was presumably high.This suggests that prejudice can be partly explained by ________.

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In the context of distinctiveness,Crocker and McGraw (1984) and S.E.Taylor et al.(1979) found that a Black person in an otherwise White group,a man in an otherwise female group,or a woman in an otherwise male group seems:

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Explaining away outgroup members' positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions is known as:

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A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members is called:

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Which of the following is an example of benevolent sexism?

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A group that people perceive as distinctively different from or apart from their ingroup is called a(n) :

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A consistent finding concerning North American Christianity is that White church members have expressed ________ than nonmembers.

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According to Baumeister (2007) ,Brunner et al.(2013) ,and S.Pinker (2008) ,unlike women,men are ________.

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Jeremy's belief that earthquake victims are being punished by God for their own sins best illustrates:

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Albert sees a lot of difference between his fraternity brothers but thinks that all sorority girls are the same.Albert's beliefs are best explained by:

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Which of the following statements is true of the social sources of prejudice?

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In the context of the social sources of prejudice,a personality that is disposed to favor obedience to authority and intolerance of outgroups and those lower in status is known as a(n) ________.

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The realistic group conflict theory suggests that prejudice arises:

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Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT:

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People redirect their hostility when the cause of their frustration is intimidating or unknown.This phenomenon is known as ________.

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Beth believes that all sorority members are unintelligent and self-centered.After meeting Kim,who has a 4.0 GPA and volunteers 20 hours each week to help disabled children,Beth says "Well,Kim is an exception to the rule." This is an example of:

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African Americans in the South were lynched after the Civil War.Between 1882 and 1930,more lynchings occurred in years when cotton prices were low and economic frustration was presumably high.This suggests that prejudice can be partly explained by ________.

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In the context of distinctiveness,Crocker and McGraw (1984) and S.E.Taylor et al.(1979) found that a Black person in an otherwise White group,a man in an otherwise female group,or a woman in an otherwise male group seems:

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Explaining away outgroup members' positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions is known as:

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A group that people perceive as distinctively different from or apart from their ingroup is called a(n) :

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Jeremy's belief that earthquake victims are being punished by God for their own sins best illustrates:

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