Questions with All Complete Solutions
2025-2026 Updated.
Prejudice - Answer A generalized attitude Negative emotional responses ("affect")What we
"feel"
Stereotype - Answer A generalized belief What we "think" (cognition)Stereotypes are
schemas Stereotypes can be positive OR negative
Discrimination - Answer Behaviors Behavioral component of social attitudes Negative actions
Treating someone differently (usually negatively)
Glass Ceiling - Answer Managerial characteristics overlap with male stereotypes Women in
these roles are often evaluated negatively
Glass Cliff Effect - Answer Choosing women for leadership positions after crisis
Makes position risky
Tokenism - Answer When a few members of a marginalized group are admitted to some
role(can go beyond gender)
Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to
members of minority groups, especially by recruiting a small number of people from
underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or sexual equality within a
workforce.
Stereotype threat - Answer Makes it more difficult for people to perform up to their
potential
Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at
risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group. Since its introduction into the
academic literature, stereotype threat has become one of the most widely studied topics in the
field of social psychology.
Goals of Prejudice, Stereotyping, & Discrimination: - Answer Support and protect one's
group
2.Provide social approval
, 3.Bolster personal and social identities 4.Efficiently navigate complex social environments
Ingroup - Answer one's own group
outgroup - Answer other groups that you don't belong to
Ingroup bias - Answer Viewing ingroup members more positivelyTreating ingroup members
betterViewing outgroup members more negativelyTreating outgroup members worse
A Study on ingroup bias (Tajfel et al., 1971) - Answer Tested whether people would give
more money to ingroup members than to outgroup membersUsed a minimal group
paradigmFinding: People allocate more money to their ingroup
Realistic group conflict theory: - Answer Intergroup conflict emerges when groups are
competing for the same materials
Religiosity - Answer Many religions encourage accepting others unconditionallyBut actually
more religious tend associated with more prejudices
Extrinsic Religiosity - Answer people who see religion as a means to get something
Make friendsGain statusFind support
Intrinsic Religiosity - Answer people who see religion as an end in itself; integrate their
religious teachings into their identities and actionsMay be concerned with gaining approval
from appearing tolerant
Fundamentalism - Answer Certainty in the absolute truth of one's religious beliefs
Quest Religiosity - Answer Religion is a never-ending personal journey toward truthOpen-
minded about spiritual matters
Scapegoating - Answer Usually directed toward easily identifiable groups that already have
existing socially acceptable prejudices against them
Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and
consequent negative treatment. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against
individuals, individuals against groups, groups against individuals, and groups against groups