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Social Psychology - MCQUnit 1 : Stereotype, Prejudice, discrimination
1. Social categorization exaggerates:
1. Within-category differences
2. Between-category differences
3. Between-category similarities
4. Both A and C
2. What defines a person’s social identity?
1. The individual
2. Society
3. The current social context
4. All of the above
3. Does discriminating against an outgroup member lead to elevated self-esteem?
1. Yes, it elevates both trait and state self-esteem
2. Yes, but only trait self-esteem
3. Yes, but only state self-esteem
4. No
4. What determines which social category will be salient in a given social context?
1. Metacontrast ratio
2. Normative fit
3. Optimal distinctiveness
4. All of the above
5. When is ingroup favoritism especially likely to occur?
1. On dimensions favoring the ingroup
2. Under conflict
3. During periods of social breakdown
4. All of the above
6. Men and women identify with their respective genders, which causes them to show a
divide in their Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), which causes them to show differences
in amount of political power. This account is supported by:
1. Social identity theory
2. Self-categorization theory
3. Social Dominance Theory
4. System Justification Theory
,7. Presenting people with a multiculturalist perspective might lead them:
1. To be more accurate about group differences
2. To show stronger stereotypes
3. To show weaker stereotypes
4. Both A and B
8. “Aversive racism” suggests that people discriminate against racial outgroups when:
1. They can attribute others’ behavior to racism
2. They can attribute their behavior to non-racism
3. They can attribute an outgroup member’s actions to their situation
4. They notice there is very little ambiguity
9. During an interracial interaction, for whom is executive control depleted?
1. Whites
2. Blacks
3. Both
4. Neither
10. What is a typical result in an interaction, after a person has proven their “moral
credentials?”
1. They are more likely to control their prejudiced thoughts
2. They are more likely to express their prejudices
3. Neither
4. It depends
11. Which of the following tends to be a stronger predictor of intergroup discrimination?
1. Stereotyping
2. Emotional prejudice
3. Attitudes
4. Behavior
12. Which emotion makes people stereotype relatively more?
1. Anger
2. Sadness
3. Both
4. Neither
13. In studies of intergroup emotions theory (IET), which traits do people respond more
quickly to?
1. Traits that match their self-concept but not necessarily their ingroup concept
2. Traits that match their ingroup concept but not necessarily their self-concept
3. Traits that match their self-concept and their ingroup concept
4. None of the above
,14. What does it mean for an intergroup representation to be “exemplar-based?”
1. It focuses on intergroup particulars
2. It focuses on intergroup abstractions
3. It focuses on general societal dimensions
4. Both A and B
15. According to enemy images theory, what is the difference between views of allies and
enemies?
1. Goal compatibility
2. Status
3. Power
4. All of the above
16. According to integrated threat theory (ITT), which is NOT an antecedent to threat?
1. Intergroup relations
2. Group-based motivations
3. Individual differences on identity
4. Cultural dimensions
17. Feelings of guilt promote less prejudiced behavior by:
1. Low-prejudice respondents
2. High-prejudice respondents
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B
18. Often, people who are against affirmative action are most concerned with:
1. Protecting ingroup members
2. Derogating outgroup members
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B
19. What is a primary difference between guilt and shame?
1. Guilt is other-oriented; shame is self-oriented
2. Guilt is self-oriented; shame is other-oriented
3. Only guilt is a “moral” emotion
4. Only shame is a “moral” emotion
20. Within-race genetic differences are __________ between-race genetic differences.
1. Much greater than
2. Much less than
3. Not significantly different from
, 4. Exactly the same as
21. Why does intergroup contact not tend to reduce sexism?
1. Men and women are already in contact
2. Men and women need each other
3. Men and women are not often of equal status
4. All of the above
22. Ambivalent sexism predicts:
1. Positive stereotypes of nontraditional women and negative stereotypes about
traditional women
2. Positive stereotypes of traditional women and negative stereotypes about
nontraditional women
3. Either A or B
4. Neither A nor B
23. Older people tend to be viewed with:
1. Pity
2. Sympathy
3. Condescension
4. All of the above
24. How does prejudice against gay men and lesbians differ from other prejudices?
1. Targets control category visibility
2. Relatively more widespread
3. Biological determinism is linked to tolerance
4. All of the above
25. Imagine a person holds a very strong, emotional antipathy towards members of a different
social group. This person really hates these outgroup members. This is best classified as an
example of which of the following?
1. Discrimination
2. Prejudice
3. Stereotyping
4. All of the above
26. _______is negative emotional responses or dislike toward members of a group
membership
1. Prejudice
2. Stereotype
3. Discrimination
4. Differential attitude
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