Social Psychology Chapter 9 Exam
1) A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members is called
A) speculation.
B) disposition.
C) stigma.
D) prejudice. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
2) Prejudice is different from discrimination in that prejudice is a negative
A) behavior.
B) conduct.
C) attitude.
D) demeanor. - CORRECT ANSWER-C
3) Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT
A) effects.
B) inclinations to act.
C) cognitions.
D) behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
4) A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people is called a(n)
A) effect.
B) behavioral tendency.
C) illusion.
D) stereotype. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
5) Annika believes that all Muslims are violent extremists. This is an example of
A) discrimination.
B) a stereotype.
C) a behavioral tendency.
D) groupthink. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
6) In the context of prejudice, which of the following illustrates stereotyping?
A) Miguel tends to depend primarily on a single source of information when making
important decisions.
B) Seán believes that his friend Angel is a good athlete because she is from Africa
and
all Black people are good at sports.
C) Myra sympathizes with her brother when he gets poor scores in science because
he
was ill on the day of the exam.
,D) Corey believes that they will win a jackpot this year because they won a lottery
the
previous year. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
7) ________ is a negative attitude, whereas ________ is a negative behavior.
A) Discrimination; racism
B) Racism; stereotyping
C) Discrimination; prejudice
D) Prejudice; discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER-D
8) If word-of-mouth hiring practices in an all-white business have the effect of
excluding
potential non-white employees, the practice could be called
A) racism.
B) feminism.
C) misogyny.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
9) In the context of prejudice, which of the following exemplifies discrimination?
A) Pierre tends to ignore problems rather than find solutions to them.
B) Beatriz refuses to share her hostel room with a girl belonging to a minority
population.
C) Piyush prefers to have juice rather than coffee on a summer day.
D) Michelle sees to it that her brother, who has a genetic anomaly, receives special
care. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
10) An institutional practice that subordinates people of a given gender is called
A) sexism.
B) sadism.
C) racism.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
11) An apartment owner's belief that Black people are lazy is an example of
________. His
refusal to rent an apartment to a Black family is an example of ________.
A) a prejudice; a stigma
B) discrimination; a prejudice
C) a stereotype; discrimination
D) racism; a prejudice - CORRECT ANSWER-C
12) Recent research confirms that prejudiced and stereotypic evaluations
A) are more widespread than formerly believed.
B) remain extremely high for females and extremely low for males.
, C) do not stem from socialization, but are innate characteristics that we are born
with.
D) can occur outside of people's awareness. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
13) A state police force has set a height requirement of 5 feet 10 inches for all
officers. This
requirement is irrelevant to job effectiveness but generally excludes Latino and Asian
applicants from the force. Such a requirement most clearly reflects
A) racism.
B) scapegoating.
C) disablism.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
14) In the context of the motivational sources of prejudice, which of the following
theories states
that prejudce arises from competition between groups for scarce resources?
A) socioemotional selectivity theory
B) realistic group conflict theory
C) drive theory
D) schemata theory - CORRECT ANSWER-B
15) In making its historic 1954 decision declaring segregated schools
unconstitutional, the
Supreme Court found it noteworthy that when Kenneth Clark and Mamie Clark gave
African
American children a choice between Black dolls and white dolls, most
A) chose the Black dolls.
B) chose the white dolls.
C) refused to choose between them.
D) used the dolls in aggressive symbolic play. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
16) Identify a region in the brain that underlies fear and aggression and facilitates
such automatic
responding.
A) the inferior frontal gyrus
B) the superior frontal gyrus
C) the cerebellum
D) the amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER-D
17) Although Marcia says she is not prejudiced against Black people, she votes
against
interviewing a job applicant with what she believes to be an "African-sounding"
name. She is
exhibiting
1) A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members is called
A) speculation.
B) disposition.
C) stigma.
D) prejudice. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
2) Prejudice is different from discrimination in that prejudice is a negative
A) behavior.
B) conduct.
C) attitude.
D) demeanor. - CORRECT ANSWER-C
3) Attitudes include all of the following EXCEPT
A) effects.
B) inclinations to act.
C) cognitions.
D) behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
4) A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people is called a(n)
A) effect.
B) behavioral tendency.
C) illusion.
D) stereotype. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
5) Annika believes that all Muslims are violent extremists. This is an example of
A) discrimination.
B) a stereotype.
C) a behavioral tendency.
D) groupthink. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
6) In the context of prejudice, which of the following illustrates stereotyping?
A) Miguel tends to depend primarily on a single source of information when making
important decisions.
B) Seán believes that his friend Angel is a good athlete because she is from Africa
and
all Black people are good at sports.
C) Myra sympathizes with her brother when he gets poor scores in science because
he
was ill on the day of the exam.
,D) Corey believes that they will win a jackpot this year because they won a lottery
the
previous year. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
7) ________ is a negative attitude, whereas ________ is a negative behavior.
A) Discrimination; racism
B) Racism; stereotyping
C) Discrimination; prejudice
D) Prejudice; discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER-D
8) If word-of-mouth hiring practices in an all-white business have the effect of
excluding
potential non-white employees, the practice could be called
A) racism.
B) feminism.
C) misogyny.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
9) In the context of prejudice, which of the following exemplifies discrimination?
A) Pierre tends to ignore problems rather than find solutions to them.
B) Beatriz refuses to share her hostel room with a girl belonging to a minority
population.
C) Piyush prefers to have juice rather than coffee on a summer day.
D) Michelle sees to it that her brother, who has a genetic anomaly, receives special
care. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
10) An institutional practice that subordinates people of a given gender is called
A) sexism.
B) sadism.
C) racism.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
11) An apartment owner's belief that Black people are lazy is an example of
________. His
refusal to rent an apartment to a Black family is an example of ________.
A) a prejudice; a stigma
B) discrimination; a prejudice
C) a stereotype; discrimination
D) racism; a prejudice - CORRECT ANSWER-C
12) Recent research confirms that prejudiced and stereotypic evaluations
A) are more widespread than formerly believed.
B) remain extremely high for females and extremely low for males.
, C) do not stem from socialization, but are innate characteristics that we are born
with.
D) can occur outside of people's awareness. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
13) A state police force has set a height requirement of 5 feet 10 inches for all
officers. This
requirement is irrelevant to job effectiveness but generally excludes Latino and Asian
applicants from the force. Such a requirement most clearly reflects
A) racism.
B) scapegoating.
C) disablism.
D) linguicism. - CORRECT ANSWER-A
14) In the context of the motivational sources of prejudice, which of the following
theories states
that prejudce arises from competition between groups for scarce resources?
A) socioemotional selectivity theory
B) realistic group conflict theory
C) drive theory
D) schemata theory - CORRECT ANSWER-B
15) In making its historic 1954 decision declaring segregated schools
unconstitutional, the
Supreme Court found it noteworthy that when Kenneth Clark and Mamie Clark gave
African
American children a choice between Black dolls and white dolls, most
A) chose the Black dolls.
B) chose the white dolls.
C) refused to choose between them.
D) used the dolls in aggressive symbolic play. - CORRECT ANSWER-B
16) Identify a region in the brain that underlies fear and aggression and facilitates
such automatic
responding.
A) the inferior frontal gyrus
B) the superior frontal gyrus
C) the cerebellum
D) the amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER-D
17) Although Marcia says she is not prejudiced against Black people, she votes
against
interviewing a job applicant with what she believes to be an "African-sounding"
name. She is
exhibiting
