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1
Intolerance can be based on ______________.
A)homosexuality
B)being a recent immigrant
C)being catholic
D)all of the above
2
The attitude is to prejudice as the behavior is to ________________.
A)discrimination
B)stereotype
C)dislike
D)prejudgment
3
An example of outgroup homogeneity is _______________.
A)"Babies cry often."
B)"All men are alike."
C)"We are all part of the human species."
D)"We agree on everything, while they don't agree about anything."
4
______________ refers to people who are dogmatic and rigid in social attitudes and rear their children very strictly.
A)permissive
B)authoritative
C)authoritarian
D)hostile
5
_____________ prejudice involves unconsciously held negative attitudes toward a group.
A)Subtle
B)Inferior
C)Implicit
D)Explicit
6
Stereotype threat can affect self-esteem, ______________, and ___________.
A)self-worth; self-concept
B)career aspirations; self ideals
C)academic achievement; self-concept
D)all of the above
7
The authoritarian personality has the personality trait characterized by all of the following EXCEPT _________________ .
A)submission to authority
B)rebellion
C)rigid adherence to traditional values
D)prejudice toward outgroups
8
Favoritism toward members of one's group is referred to as ______________.
A)ingroup preference
B)ingroup selection
C)ingroup bias
D)none of the above.
9
Some people do not acknowledge that they have negative feelings and attitudes toward others. This is termed ______________.
A)hidden prejudice
B)blatant prejudice
C)unconscious prejudice
D)latent prejudice
10
_________________ refers to the fact that entire systems can systematically discriminate against certain groups, often because past prejudice and injustice has become part of the system itself. An example in your text is about real-estate agents showing African American clients houses located only in Black or racially mixed neighborhoods.
A)Systemic
B)Systematic
C)Institutional
D)Social
11
An attitude toward members of a racial group that includes ________ social values and __________emotions, causing one to avoid interaction with members of the group, is called aversive racism.
A)non-egalitarian; negative
B)egalitarian; positive
C)non-egalitarian; negative
D)egalitarian; negative
12
People engaging in a _________________ approach to society believe that groups can be organized in a hierarchy in which the dominant groups enjoy a disproportionate share of the society's assets.
A)authoritarian
B)social dominance
C)autocratic
D)none of the above
13
Ethnocentrism occurs when _____________ increases toward one's outgroups and ___________ increases toward one's ingroup.
A)loyalty; hostility
B)hostility; loyalty
C)hostility; neutrality
D)ambiguity; neutrality
14
One explanation for why stereotypes often survive disconfirming evidence about them is that people create ____________ for individuals within a stereotyped group who do not match the global stereotype.
A)sub-stereotypes
B)subcategories
C)archetypes
D)mini-types
15
An attitude that serves to discredit a person in the eyes of others is called ___________.
A)subgroups bias
B)stigma
C)discredit bias
D)all of the above







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