Question 1

People use stereotypes when their ability to judge is________________.

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Question 2

Technically speaking, the term homophobia refers to an excessive ________________ of homosexuals or homosexual behavior.

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Question 3

Pam believes that all Asians are good in math. This is an example of a(n)________________.

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Question 4

Max is on a date with Ella. Ella is an obese woman. People around Max look at him as if he is less successful than he actually is because he is on a date with an obese woman.  This is an example of ________________. ​

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Question 5

Jayne firmly believes that prejudice is wrong, and works hard to consciously overcome any stereotypes she feels might interfere with her judgments. Jayne has an External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice. ​

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Jayne's efforts to consciously overcome stereotypes and her belief that prejudice is wrong indicate an Internal Motivation to Respond without Prejudice, as she is motivated by personal values and beliefs.

Question 6

Stereotypes are always negative.

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Stereotypes can be positive, negative, or neutral. They are oversimplified generalizations about a group of people, and while many are harmful, some can be seemingly positive (though still problematic as they reduce individuals to simplistic and often inaccurate traits).

Question 7

Research suggests that black students tend to perform better on academic exams when they experience stereotype threat than when they do not.

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Research indicates that stereotype threat, or the fear of confirming negative stereotypes about one's group, can impair performance, leading to lower academic achievement among black students in testing situations.

Question 8

Research has shown that people's judgments about racial and ethnic differences averaged within ________________ of the objective facts.

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Question 9

________________ are people who belong to a different group or category than we do.

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Question 10

The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy offers one way to predict the effects of stereotypes on their targets.

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The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy suggests that stereotypes can lead individuals to behave in ways that confirm the stereotypes, thereby affecting the targets of those stereotypes in a manner that aligns with the initial stereotypical expectation.

Question 11

People are more likely to use racial stereotypes when there is a disagreement or conflict than when everyone agrees.

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During disagreements or conflicts, people are more likely to rely on simplistic and heuristic ways of understanding others, including the use of racial stereotypes, as a means to differentiate and categorize individuals quickly.

Question 12

The ________________ is the tendency for people to take credit for success but refuse blame for problems and failures.

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Question 13

The term salience can be loosely defined as "that which is flexible or changeable according to the situation."

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Salience refers to the quality of being particularly noticeable or important; it does not imply flexibility or changeability according to the situation.

Question 14

People use stereotypes when their ability to judge is diminished.

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Stereotypes are simplified generalizations about a group of people, and individuals are more likely to rely on them when their capacity to make detailed judgments is compromised, such as under stress, time constraints, or information overload.

Question 15

________________ is the process of sorting people into groups on the basis of characteristics they have in common.

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Question 16

Groups are more prone to hostile competition than individuals are. This effect has been dubbed the ________________.

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Question 17

Research suggests that one key way in which non-prejudiced people differ from prejudiced people is that non-prejudiced people are not aware of the negative stereotypes of other groups. ​

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Non-prejudiced people are often aware of negative stereotypes but choose not to endorse or act upon them, demonstrating an ability to recognize these stereotypes without letting them influence their judgment or behavior.

Question 18

Stereotypes are generally quite inaccurate. ​

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While stereotypes can be overly simplistic and harmful, research has shown that many stereotypes have a kernel of truth to them, meaning they often contain some accurate observations about groups, albeit exaggerated or misapplied.

Question 19

One way to reduce prejudice toward outgroup members is by imagining positive interactions with them.

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Imagining positive interactions with outgroup members can help reduce prejudice by fostering empathy, breaking down stereotypes, and promoting more positive attitudes towards those groups.

Question 20

While conducting a research study, experimenters found that simply flipping a coin to assign participants to a "red team" and a "blue team" resulted in the red team members thinking that the blue team members were stupid or obnoxious or immoral. This finding is proof of ________________.

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Quiz 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations