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PSYC140 Final Questions and Correct
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Prejudice
Ans: an unjustifiable hostile or negative attitude toward a
group or its members
Discrimination
Ans: unjustifiable negative or harmful behavior toward a group
or its members (behavioral component of prejudice)
Stereotyping
Ans: a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people
(cognitive component of prejudice)
Institutional supports of prejudice
Ans: schools, govt, or media increase prejudice through overt
policies such as segregation, or by passively reinforcing the
status quo. Ex. banks denying mortgages to minority groups
before the 1970's
Role of self-fulfilling prophecies in prejudice
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Ans: people's role affects their behaviors, examples of this are
this are the job interview studies
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY 1
Ans: black and white applicants were interviewed by white
interviewers, researchers wanted to see if the white
interviewers perceived and treated applicants diff depending on
their race, they found evidence of discrimination, they had
chairs with wheels where they measured where their chair was,
results- Interviewers sat farther, stammered more, and ended
the interview sooner when the applicant was black, IV - whether
the applicant was black or white, DV- how the white
interviewers acted
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY 2
Ans: the interviewers were trained to behave like the black
applicant or white applicant style, results- white applicants
were more nervous and less effective when interviewed in the
"black applicant style," This showed that when white people
were treated like black people they did more bad on the
interviews (self-fulfilling prophecy)
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY
REVISITED
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Ans: Procedure- applicants wearing "gay and proud" vs "Texan
and proud" hats inquired about mall jobs, The RAs didn't know
which hats they were wearing, to avoid the self -fulfilling
prophecy, Results- mall employees were more likely to say no
jobs were available, and ended the conversation sooner, when
the applicant wore the "Gay and Proud" hat
Stereotype threats
Ans: a self-confirming apprehension that one will be evaluated
based on a negative stereotype, example of this is the mat h
performance study
Math performance study (Spencer, Steele, & Quinn, 1999)
Ans: men and women were given a difficult math test, IV - "no
gender diff expected" vs "males tend to do better," Results -
women scored lower than men, but only in the "mal es tend to
do better" condition
Minimal groups
Ans: meaningless groups formed by grouping strangers in the
basis of trivial criteria
In-group bias
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PSYC140 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Prejudice
Ans: an unjustifiable hostile or negative attitude toward a
group or its members
Discrimination
Ans: unjustifiable negative or harmful behavior toward a group
or its members (behavioral component of prejudice)
Stereotyping
Ans: a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people
(cognitive component of prejudice)
Institutional supports of prejudice
Ans: schools, govt, or media increase prejudice through overt
policies such as segregation, or by passively reinforcing the
status quo. Ex. banks denying mortgages to minority groups
before the 1970's
Role of self-fulfilling prophecies in prejudice
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Ans: people's role affects their behaviors, examples of this are
this are the job interview studies
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY 1
Ans: black and white applicants were interviewed by white
interviewers, researchers wanted to see if the white
interviewers perceived and treated applicants diff depending on
their race, they found evidence of discrimination, they had
chairs with wheels where they measured where their chair was,
results- Interviewers sat farther, stammered more, and ended
the interview sooner when the applicant was black, IV - whether
the applicant was black or white, DV- how the white
interviewers acted
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY 2
Ans: the interviewers were trained to behave like the black
applicant or white applicant style, results- white applicants
were more nervous and less effective when interviewed in the
"black applicant style," This showed that when white people
were treated like black people they did more bad on the
interviews (self-fulfilling prophecy)
Job interview studies (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974) STUDY
REVISITED
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Ans: Procedure- applicants wearing "gay and proud" vs "Texan
and proud" hats inquired about mall jobs, The RAs didn't know
which hats they were wearing, to avoid the self -fulfilling
prophecy, Results- mall employees were more likely to say no
jobs were available, and ended the conversation sooner, when
the applicant wore the "Gay and Proud" hat
Stereotype threats
Ans: a self-confirming apprehension that one will be evaluated
based on a negative stereotype, example of this is the mat h
performance study
Math performance study (Spencer, Steele, & Quinn, 1999)
Ans: men and women were given a difficult math test, IV - "no
gender diff expected" vs "males tend to do better," Results -
women scored lower than men, but only in the "mal es tend to
do better" condition
Minimal groups
Ans: meaningless groups formed by grouping strangers in the
basis of trivial criteria
In-group bias
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