Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping
50 questions available
Questions
What are the three distinct but related aspects of bias against social groups that social psychologists identify?
View answer and explanationWhat is the definition of 'blatant biases' as described in the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat is the core belief of individuals who score high on Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)?
View answer and explanationHow does Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) primarily differ from Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)?
View answer and explanationWhat does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) primarily measure?
View answer and explanationAccording to Social Identity Theory, what is the primary origin of outgroup disliking?
View answer and explanationWhat is 'aversive racism'?
View answer and explanationThe Stereotype Content Model proposes that we judge social groups along which two primary dimensions?
View answer and explanationWithin the Stereotype Content Model, which emotional prejudice is associated with groups perceived as high in warmth but low in competence?
View answer and explanationAccording to the Stereotype Content Model, how are groups like rich people and 'outsiders good at business' typically stereotyped?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key feature of what the chapter refers to as '20th Century Biases'?
View answer and explanationWhat does Self-Categorization Theory add to Social Identity Theory?
View answer and explanationWhat emotional prejudice, according to the Stereotype Content Model, is associated with groups perceived as low in both warmth and competence, such as homeless people?
View answer and explanationThe combination of high scores on which two personality scales predicts joining hate groups that openly endorse aggression?
View answer and explanationWhat kind of bias does the 'model minority' stereotype represent within the framework of the Stereotype Content Model?
View answer and explanationIn the study by Word, Zanna, & Cooper (1973) about job interviews, how did the interviewers' 'automatic or implicit biases' manifest?
View answer and explanationWhat is the definition of a 'stereotype' provided in the chapter's vocabulary section?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, people who are high in Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) tend to be attracted to what types of occupations?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary motivation behind the ingroup favoritism described in Social Identity Theory?
View answer and explanationThe study by Katz & Braly from 1933, which found that college students unabashedly thought Turkish people were 'cruel, very religious, and treacherous,' is used as an example of what type of bias?
View answer and explanationWhat is the defining feature of 'subtle biases' according to the chapter's vocabulary section?
View answer and explanationAccording to the Stereotype Content Model, what are the four kinds of associated emotional prejudices that result from the combinations of warmth and competence?
View answer and explanationA person who dislikes an outgroup member moving into their neighborhood because they believe it disrupts the social hierarchy is likely exhibiting which personality trait?
View answer and explanationWhat is the consequence of ingroup favoritism when justifying preferential treatment for one's own group?
View answer and explanationIn the context of subtle biases, what does it mean for a bias to be 'ambivalent'?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is an example of a paternalistic stereotype as described by the Stereotype Content Model?
View answer and explanationWhat is the fundamental belief that underpins Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)?
View answer and explanationWhy is ingroup favoritism considered an 'ambiguous' form of bias?
View answer and explanationWhat is the relationship between a person's explicit values and their automatic associations, according to the chapter?
View answer and explanationAccording to Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), why might a homeowner dislike an outgroup member moving into their neighborhood?
View answer and explanationIn the context of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), what does a slower reaction time to pair an outgroup with 'good' words likely indicate?
View answer and explanationWhich term describes behavior that advantages or disadvantages people merely based on their group membership?
View answer and explanationPeople who are high in Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) respect group unity over what?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, a stereotypical view of which group falls into the Stereotype Content Model's high-warmth, low-competence quadrant, leading to feelings of pity?
View answer and explanationWhat does the chapter suggest is a consequence of the human tendency for own-group preference?
View answer and explanationWhat term is used to describe conscious beliefs and feelings that people are perfectly willing to admit, which mostly express hostility toward other groups?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, a person high in SDO would likely be upset if an outgroup member moved into their neighborhood primarily because it disrupts what?
View answer and explanationWhen people learn about a new group, what is the first question they want to answer, according to the Stereotype Content Model?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'old-fashioned biases' refer to in the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhich quadrant of the Stereotype Content Model elicits the emotional prejudice of 'disgust'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for an unexamined racial bias that a person does not intend and would reject, but that leads them to avoid interracial contact?
View answer and explanationIn general, what kind of traits do people who score high on Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) tend to have?
View answer and explanationWhich theory describes the tendency for people to favor their own ingroup over another's outgroup?
View answer and explanationWhat is the defining characteristic of the emotional reaction aversive racists feel in interracial interactions?
View answer and explanationThe Stereotype Content Model is used to understand what kind of biases in particular?
View answer and explanationWhat are the two personality scales discussed in the chapter as illustrative of blatant biases?
View answer and explanationThe feeling of pride, within the Stereotype Content Model, is an emotional prejudice typically directed towards which group?
View answer and explanationWhat is a primary difference in how people high in SDO and people high in RWA would react to an outgroup member?
View answer and explanationWhat kind of real-world discrimination can result from the automatic associations measured by the IAT?
View answer and explanationWhat is the second piece of information people want to know about a new group, after assessing their intentions, according to the Stereotype Content Model?
View answer and explanation