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Paul is a tolerant White male.When he meets Bill,an African American,Paul assumes that Bill will view him as an arrogant and spoiled White man.Paul's belief is an example of:

A) a meta-stereotype.
B) a stereotype threat.
C) an own-race bias.
D) the outgroup homogeneity effect.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Question 42

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When others expect us to perform poorly and our anxiety causes us to confirm their belief,we have reacted to:

A) a stereotype threat.
B) subtyping.
C) intragroup bias.
D) the backfire effect.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Question 43

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Recent research confirms that prejudiced and stereotyped evaluations:

Which of the following statements is true of categorization?

What happens when people's personal and social identities become fused?

Landon holds the view that people deserve what they get and vice vers A.His friend is stalked and harassed on social media and receives threat.Instead of reporting the matter as a cybercrime,he believes that his friend must have done something wrong to deserve such a threat.In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice,Landon's belief illustrates ________.

An institutional practice that subordinates people of a given gender is called:

In the context of the motivational sources of prejudice,when two groups compete for jobs,housing,or social prestige,one group's goal fulfillment can become the other group's frustration.This concept is stated by ________.

Research on the just-world phenomenon suggests that people are indifferent to social injustice because ________.

Averaging data from 27 countries,John Williams and his colleagues (1999,2000) found that people everywhere perceive women as more ________ and men as more ________.

Studies of Whites by Pettigrew in South Africa and the American South in the 1950s revealed that those who ________ were also the most prejudiced.

What connection has been found in experiments exploring self-image and prejudice?

Noah,an anthropologist,conducts a psychology experiment with a group of Black participants.The participants are shown images of individuals belonging to different ethnic groups on a projector screen.After an hour,the participants are shown the photographs of the same individuals as shown earlier.Noah notices that the participants recognize the faces of Blacks in the photographs better than the faces of the individuals of other ethnicities.In the context of the cognitive sources of prejudice,this scenario exemplifies ________.

Hanna is a supervisor in the production unit of a textile company.Yosef,who is of Jewish origin,joins her unit as a trainee.Hanna overcriticizes him for minor errors.She tends to overpraise his achievements in order to avoid appearing biased.Consequently,because of the absence of genuine feedback,Yosef is not able to progress like other trainees.In the context of psychology,this scenario illustrates ________.

The tendency for people to more accurately recognize faces of members from their own group than those from other groups is known as ________.

Mr.Watson's belief that Blacks are lazy is an example of ________.His refusal to rent an apartment to a Black family is an example of ________.

________ refers to accommodating individuals who deviate from one's stereotype by forming a new stereotype about this subset of the group.

Vince and Wanda are both members of their school's band.Vince plays the tuba,and Wanda plays the flute.Vince believes that the brass section is the strength of their band,whereas Wanda believes that the woodwind section is the most important part of their band.Vince and Wanda's beliefs are best explained in terms of:

In the context of social identity,a group of people who share a sense of belonging,or a feeling of common identity,is called a(n) :

Which of the following is an example of group-serving bias?