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1
What is the term for a negative attitude towards a group?
A)prejudice
B)discrimination
C)stereotype
D)racism
2
What is the term for an individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given race?
A)ethnocentrism
B)racism
C)group censorship
D)prejudice
3
What is the term for the perception that females do most of the household work such as cooking and dishwashing?
A)gender stereotype
B)gender norming
C)gender bias
D)gender typing
4
Up until 2018, women in Saudi Arabia were forbidden to drive. This is an example of which of the following?
A)Gender stereotyping
B)Gender bias
C)Gender discrimination
D)Gender norming
5
What is the term for a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people?
A)discrimination
B)stereotype
C)prejudice
D)racism
6
What is the term for an unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group or its members?
A)prejudice
B)stereotype
C)discrimination
D)racism
7
What is the term for an individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given sex?
A)gender outcasting
B)gender biasing
C)sexism
D)prejudicial gendering
8
To stereotype is to ______.
A)deceive
B)generalize
C)judge
D)discriminate
9
Racism and sexism are institutional practices that discriminate, even when there is no _____ intent.
A)deliberate
B)hidden
C)pathological
D)prejudicial
10
Sexism toward women can contain ______.
A)only negative content
B)both positive and negative content
C)only positive content
D)only neutral content
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Discrimination is a negative attitude.
A)True
B)False
12
Racism and sexism are institutional practices that discriminate.
A)True
B)False
13
Which of the following is NOT a social source of prejudice?
A)unequal status
B)discrimination's impact as a self-fulfilling prophecy
C)stereotype threat
D)categorization
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What is the term for the tendency to favour one's own group?
A)Group serving bias
B)In-group bias
C)Ethnocentrism
D)Own-race bias
15
When two groups compete for jobs, housing, or social prestige, we are likely to see prejudice develop. Which theory accounts for this kind of competition between groups?
A)social learning
B)realistic group conflict
C)scapegoat
D)social identity
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What is the term for the perception of outgroup members as more similar to one another than are ingroup members?
A)stigma consciousness
B)out-group homogeneity effect
C)group-serving bias
D)subgrouping
17
Which of the following orientations is most likely to condone a 'blame the victim' approach to interpreting events?
A)out-group homogeneity
B)just-world phenomenon
C)own-race bias
D)group-serving bias
18
What is the term for the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people get what they deserve?
A)Self-fulfilling prophecy
B)Rational-choice
C)Just-world phenomenon
D)Stereotype threat
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According to this theory, prejudice arises from competition between groups for scarce resources.
A)authoritarian personality
B)realistic group conflict
C)frustration-aggression
D)social learning
20
What is the term for believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having disdain for all other groups?
A)imperialism
B)cultural relativity
C)ethnocentrism
D)racism
21
According to social identity theory, we categorize, we identify, and we _______.
A)discriminate
B)compare
C)associate
D)perceive
22
We are more prone to ingroup bias when our group is _______.
A)large
B)higher in status
C)small
D)diverse
23
Those with a ________ view people in terms of hierarchies of merit or goodness.
A)social dominance orientation
B)authoritarian personalities
C)ethnocentrism
D)prejudice
24
Conformity helps to maintain gender prejudice.
A)True
B)False
25
Categorization is a cognitive source of prejudice.
A)True
B)False
26
Authoritarianism is more related to ________, whereas social dominance orientation is more related to _________.
A)security; control
B)security and control; group status
C)group status; security and control
D)control; security
27
The perception of outgroup members as more similar to one another than ingroup members is known as the contrast effect.
A)True
B)False
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What is it called when aggression is displaced onto an out-group?
A)Scapegoating
B)Discrimination
C)Prejudice
D)Racism
29
What is the term for a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people?
A)discrimination
B)stereotype
C)prejudice
D)racism
30
What is the term for an unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group or its members?
A)prejudice
B)stereotype
C)discrimination
D)racism
31
What is the term for an individual's prejudicial attitude and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given sex?
A)gender outcasting
B)gender biasing
C)sexism
D)prejudicial gendering
32
What is the term for a negative prejudgment of a group and its individual members?
A)prejudice
B)discrimination
C)stereotype
D)racism
33
What is the term for an individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given race?
A)Ethnocentrism
B)Racism
C)Group censorship
D)Prejudice
34
______people consciously try to suppress prejudicial thoughts and feelings.
A)Religious
B)Racist
C)Low-prejudice
D)Angry
35
_____ attitudes change only as we form new habits through practice.
A)Strong
B)Old
C)Implicit
D)Explicit
36
Photos of men tend to emphasize their ______ more than photos of women.
A)height
B)faces
C)musculature
D)body
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Prejudice is a negative attitude.
A)True
B)False
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Discrimination is _______.
A)behavioural
B)cognitive
C)affective
D)implicit
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Low prejudice people consciously try to suppress prejudicial thoughts and feelings.
A)True
B)False
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Which theory claims that we evaluate ourselves partly by our group memberships?
A)social distance
B)social learning
C)social identity
D)realistic group conflict
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What is the term for a group that people perceive as distinctively different from or apart from their in-group?
A)control group
B)contrast group
C)secondary group
D)out-group
42
According to this theory, prejudice arises from competition between groups for scarce resources.
A)authoritarian personality
B)realistic group conflict
C)frustration-aggression
D)social learning
43
What is the term for the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people get what they deserve.
A)self-fulfilling prophecy
B)rational-choice
C)just-world phenomenon
D)stereotype threat
44
Someone with an authoritarian personality holds this type of belief system.
A)ethnocentric
B)imperialist
C)outgroup bias
D)prejudice towards a specific group
45
When two groups compete for jobs, housing, or social prestige, we are likely to see prejudice develop. Which theory accounts for this kind of competition between groups?
A)social learning
B)realistic group conflict
C)scapegoat
D)social identity
46
What is the term for the tendency to favour one's own group?
A)group serving bias
B)in-group bias
C)ethnocentrism
D)own-race bias
47
Which of the following refers to the 'we' aspect of one's self-concept?
A)group identity
B)out-group
C)in-group
D)social identity
48
Which of the following orientations is most likely to condone a blame the victim's approach to interpreting events?
A)outgroup homogeneity
B)just-world phenomenon
C)own-race bias
D)group-serving bias
49
Racial profiling can be a result of the process of _________.
A)organization
B)categorization
C)identification
D)recognition
50
Having a belief in a ________ can lead you to blame the victim for their misfortune.
A)dangerous world
B)benevolent God
C)just world
D)benevolent world
51
Unequal status breeds prejudice.
A)True
B)False
52
We are more prone to ingroup bias when our group is smaller and lower in status relative to the outgroup.
A)True
B)False
53
Mere division into groups can create an outgroup homogeneity effect.
A)True
B)False
54
In an experiment, when people were praised or criticized by a male of female "manager" which pattern of results best describes how much they liked the managers after receiving feedback?
A)People who were criticized liked the female managers less than the male managers.
B)People who were criticized liked the male managers less than the female managers.
C)People who were praised liked the female managers more than the male managers.
D)People who were praised liked the male managers more than the female managers.
55
Believing themselves to be at risk of failure, female students sometimes do poorly on math tests as a result of
A)gender bias.
B)stereotype threat.
C)ingroup bias.
D)social identity.
56
What is the term for a self-confirming apprehension that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype?
A)dispositional attribution
B)social identity threat
C)stigma consciousness
D)stereotype threat
57
Stereotypes can either help or hinder performance.
A)True
B)False
58
What is the term for people's ideas about how men and women actually behave?
A)gender bias
B)gender role norms
C)gender stereotypes
D)gender discrimination
59
The fact that two-thirds of the world's unschooled children are girls demonstrates
A)gender bias.
B)gender discrimination.
C)gender stereotyping.
D)gender prejudice.
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What is the term for sexism that is subtle and can even be seen as positive by some?
A)Implicit sexism
B)Modern sexism
C)Automatic sexism
D)Invisible sexism
61
When Mary joined a soccer team, she found herself nervous because she thought the other younger players would consider her to be a detriment to the team because of her older age. This response demonstrates which of the following?
A)Illusory correlation
B)Subtyping
C)Stereotype threat
D)Subgrouping
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When given difficult verbal tests, Black individuals only underperformed compared to White individuals when they were led to believe the test was diagnostic of intelligence, this is an example of what?
A)Illusory correlation
B)Subtyping
C)Stereotype threat
D)Subgrouping
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Positive stereotypes can enhance performance.
A)True
B)False







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