Name: Score:
152 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 152
degree to which a study can rule out alternative hypotheses
Internal validity
Construct validity
Experimental control
Reliability
Definition 2 of 152
celebrating ingroup's success as your own, but derogating following failure
Self-stereotyping (or autostereotyping)
Self-serving biases
Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRGing)
Making comparisons between our actual - ought selves
Definition 3 of 152
- having a friend who has an outgroup friend
- associated with lower prejudice
scientific racism
Social Identity Theory
Relative Deprivation Theory
extended contact hypothesis
,Definition 4 of 152
imagining a positive interaction with an out-group member works to reduce prejudice
effective contact
self report measures
experimental control
imagined contact hypothesis
Definition 5 of 152
1. motivation and ability: when you don't think things through (i.e. because you're stressed,
tired, drunk, lazy, on a deadline)
2. discretion: when criteria for making a decision is unclear or when information is ambiguous
or incomplete
3. organizations and institutions: when policies and systems allow for it
all stereotypes form along two dimensions:
people that are difficult to categorize cause:
when are implicit prejudices influential?
negative intergroup contact explanation:
Definition 6 of 152
asian
superior, foreign
social dominance orientation
experimental control
superordinate goals
,Definition 7 of 152
time period: 1960s-1970s
context: civil rights movement
focus: social and cultural influences on prejudice (unlike prior theories focused on the
individual)
view of prejudice: prejudice is a manifestation of cultural norms (focusing on a structural
perspective rather than individual)
Psychodynamic theories
Evolutionary theories
Cognitive theories
Sociocultural theories
Definition 8 of 152
People with aversive prejudice are uncomfortable, anxious around minorities
Partner Discomfort Study
Parasocial Contact Hypothesis
Self Report Measures
paradox of symbolic prejudice
Definition 9 of 152
- for members of advantaged groups: greater intergroup contact is associated with higher
support for social change
- for members of disadvantaged groups: greater intergroup contact is associated with lower
support for social change (may have a pacifying effect on working for social change)
one way forward: willingness to work in solidarity
social category
symbolic/modern prejudice
Three stages of robbers cave
a downside to contact
, Definition 10 of 152
warmth and competence -- these dimensions are fundamental to person perception with
evolutionary adaptive benefits
warmth: "will they harm or help me?"
competence: "can they act on their intentions?"
all stereotypes form along two dimensions:
The Nature of Prejudice (1956)
intergroup relations theories
social dominance orientation
Definition 11 of 152
an operational definition that involves directly observing and precisely recording a humans or
animals behaviour to possibly measure a correlating attitude
self-report measure
experimental control
hypnotic measure
behavioural measure
Definition 12 of 152
- limited/restricted by what kind of data is out there or accessible
- low in experimental control or internal validity
The Nature of Prejudice (1956)
benefits of intergroup contact:
weaknesses of archival research
How relative deprivation arises
152 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 152
degree to which a study can rule out alternative hypotheses
Internal validity
Construct validity
Experimental control
Reliability
Definition 2 of 152
celebrating ingroup's success as your own, but derogating following failure
Self-stereotyping (or autostereotyping)
Self-serving biases
Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRGing)
Making comparisons between our actual - ought selves
Definition 3 of 152
- having a friend who has an outgroup friend
- associated with lower prejudice
scientific racism
Social Identity Theory
Relative Deprivation Theory
extended contact hypothesis
,Definition 4 of 152
imagining a positive interaction with an out-group member works to reduce prejudice
effective contact
self report measures
experimental control
imagined contact hypothesis
Definition 5 of 152
1. motivation and ability: when you don't think things through (i.e. because you're stressed,
tired, drunk, lazy, on a deadline)
2. discretion: when criteria for making a decision is unclear or when information is ambiguous
or incomplete
3. organizations and institutions: when policies and systems allow for it
all stereotypes form along two dimensions:
people that are difficult to categorize cause:
when are implicit prejudices influential?
negative intergroup contact explanation:
Definition 6 of 152
asian
superior, foreign
social dominance orientation
experimental control
superordinate goals
,Definition 7 of 152
time period: 1960s-1970s
context: civil rights movement
focus: social and cultural influences on prejudice (unlike prior theories focused on the
individual)
view of prejudice: prejudice is a manifestation of cultural norms (focusing on a structural
perspective rather than individual)
Psychodynamic theories
Evolutionary theories
Cognitive theories
Sociocultural theories
Definition 8 of 152
People with aversive prejudice are uncomfortable, anxious around minorities
Partner Discomfort Study
Parasocial Contact Hypothesis
Self Report Measures
paradox of symbolic prejudice
Definition 9 of 152
- for members of advantaged groups: greater intergroup contact is associated with higher
support for social change
- for members of disadvantaged groups: greater intergroup contact is associated with lower
support for social change (may have a pacifying effect on working for social change)
one way forward: willingness to work in solidarity
social category
symbolic/modern prejudice
Three stages of robbers cave
a downside to contact
, Definition 10 of 152
warmth and competence -- these dimensions are fundamental to person perception with
evolutionary adaptive benefits
warmth: "will they harm or help me?"
competence: "can they act on their intentions?"
all stereotypes form along two dimensions:
The Nature of Prejudice (1956)
intergroup relations theories
social dominance orientation
Definition 11 of 152
an operational definition that involves directly observing and precisely recording a humans or
animals behaviour to possibly measure a correlating attitude
self-report measure
experimental control
hypnotic measure
behavioural measure
Definition 12 of 152
- limited/restricted by what kind of data is out there or accessible
- low in experimental control or internal validity
The Nature of Prejudice (1956)
benefits of intergroup contact:
weaknesses of archival research
How relative deprivation arises
