Question 1

In studies of stereotype threat, students led to think they have benefited from gender or race-based preferences in gaining admission to a college or academic group tend to perform ________ those not led to think so.

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A)   better than
B)   the same as
C)   some times better some times worse than
D)   worse thanE) A) and B)
F) B) and D) D

Question 2

Which of the following does not go with the rest?

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A)   Withdrawal
B)   Self-hate
C)   Aggression against your own group
D)   SuspiciousnessE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Do stereotypes bias judgments of individuals?

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Culture is

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A)   what's shared by a large group.
B)   transmitted across generations.
C)   encompasses ideas, attitudes, behaviours, and traditions shared by a group.
D)   all of these choices.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following examples describes gender discrimination?

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A)   Two-thirds of the world's unschooled children are girls.
B)   In Saudi Arabia, women are forbidden to drive.
C)   Around the world, people tend to prefer having baby boys.
D)   All of these choices.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Randy makes a comment that his girlfriend is "overemotional, hyper-sensitive, and too career-oriented to deal with everyday life". Randy's comment is an example of

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A)   benevolent sexism.
B)   hostile sexism.
C)   gender discrimination.
D)   gender roles.E) All of the above
F) C) and D) B

Question 7

Concerns that members of dominant groups have about the stereotypes that others have of them are referred to as

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A)   stigma consciousness.
B)   mood linkages
C)   chameleon effects
D)   meta-stereotypesE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Vorauer and her colleagues found that concerns about being seen in a stereotypic way lead to ______________ interactions between White students and Aboriginal Canadians.

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A)   fewer
B)   more
C)   emotional
D)   awkwardE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

A subtle form of prejudice appears as _______________ that leads to exaggerated reactions to isolated minority persons.

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A)   discrimination
B)   race sensitivity
C)   race conflict
D)   race inequalityE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Accommodating groups of individuals who deviate from one's stereotype by forming a new stereotype about this subset of the group is called

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A)   subgrouping.
B)   subtyping.
C)   self-fulfilling prophecy.
D)   characterization.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above A

Question 11

According to research, in response to a specific negative event, believing that the event was due to prejudice

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A)   can protect one's self-esteem.
B)   can hurt one's self-esteem.
C)   is unlikely to affect one's self-esteem.
D)   None of the above.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Learning that your male neighbour knows how to knit may make you explain his behaviour as due to

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A)   his personality.
B)   the amount of free time he has.
C)   special circumstances
D)   gender normsE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following are possible effects of stigma consciousness

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A)   lower well-being
B)   enhanced feelings of social identity
C)   individual self-esteem is buffered
D)   All of these choices.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The result of studies about positive stereotypes show that when Asian-American females were asked biographical questions that reminded them of their gender identity before taking a math test, their performance ______________ a control group that was not reminded of their gender identity.

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A)   was better than
B)   was the same as
C)   was worse than
D)   was, depending on their mood, sometimes better and sometimes worse thanE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Unfortunately, Mr. Smith, a high school speech teacher, communicates to his class that he thinks boys tend to be less anxious and thus make better speeches than girls do. As a result, some of the girls in his class become apprehensive in preparing and giving speeches in Mr. Smith's class. The girls are experiencing

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A)   stereotype threat.
B)   the just-world phenomenon.
C)   the scapegoating effect.
D)   personal/group discrimination discrepancy.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

According to the text, women often recall receiving ______________ math grades and ______________ art grades than were actually the case.

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A)   worse; worse
B)   better; worse
C)   worse; better
D)   better; betterE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Experiments have not demonstrated any overall tendency to devalue women's work.
B)   Both males and females tend to deprecate women's work.
C)   Males tend to deprecate women's work while females do not.
D)   Females but not males tend to deprecate women's work.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

What is the overall effect of negative and positive stereotypes on performance?

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A)   Positive stereotypes facilitate performance whereas negative stereotypes disrupt performance.
B)   Positive stereotypes disrupt performance whereas negative stereotypes facilitate performance.
C)   Positive stereotypes facilitate performance whereas negative stereotypes do not affect performance.
D)   Negative stereotypes disrupt performance whereas positive stereotypes do not affect performance.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Subtle forms of prejudice are

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A)   more widespread than explicit prejudice.
B)   easy to observe.
C)   less common than explicit prejudice.
D)   Both A and B.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Word, Zanna, and Cooper (1974)  found that

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A)   self-fulfilling prophecies and prejudice affects its targets.
B)   social beliefs can be self-confirming.
C)   social beliefs are not self-confirming.
D)   both A and B.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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