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Social Psychology International Edition 9th Edition by Saul Kassin – Test Bank
CHAPTER 5: STEREOTYPES, PREJUDICE, AND DISCRIMINATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s racial background, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one racial group over another, is known as
a. | racism. |
b. | implicit racism. |
c. | modern racism. |
d. | ambivalent racism. |
ANS: A REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Factual NOT: New
2.Prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s gender, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one gender over another, are known as
a. | sexism. |
b. | implicit sexism. |
c. | hostile sexism. |
d. | ambivalent sexism. |
ANS: A REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Factual NOT: New
3.The ABCs of social psychology are affect, behavior, and cognition. Put the three major concepts of Chapter 5 in this ABC order by considering whether they correspond to affect, behavior, or cognition.
a. | Stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination |
b. | Prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping |
c. | Discrimination, prejudice, stereotyping |
d. | Stereotyping, discrimination, prejudice |
ANS: B REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Conceptual
4.Which of the following is not discrimination?
a. | Believing that baby-faced men are harmless |
b. | Giving a pink toy to a girl and a blue toy to a boy |
c. | Signing a petition to keep a minority group out of the neighborhood |
d. | Hiring a thin candidate rather than an obese one with the same credentials |
ANS: A REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Conceptual
5.Bridgette thinks short people are lazy, and Barbara refuses to let short people join her book club. Bridgette is exhibiting _____, whereas Barbara is exhibiting _____.
a. | discrimination; prejudice |
b. | stereotyping; discrimination |
c. | prejudice; stereotyping |
d. | prejudice; discrimination |
ANS: B REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Applied
6.Samantha thinks that all social psychology professors are intelligent, attractive, and fabulously good dancers. This is an example of
a. | prejudice. |
b. | discrimination. |
c. | social categorization. |
d. | a stereotype. |
ANS: D REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Applied
7.Bonnie dislikes all lawyers. This is an example of
a. | prejudice. |
b. | discrimination. |
c. | social categorization. |
d. | a stereotype. |
ANS: A REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Applied
8.Negative feelings directed at others strictly because of their membership in a particular social category is called
a. | discrimination. |
b. | prejudice. |
c. | the outgroup homogeneity effect. |
d. | the ingroup homogeneity effect. |
ANS: B REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Factual
9.Stereotypes differ from prejudice and discrimination in that stereotypes concern
a. | positive feelings about a social group. |
b. | negative feelings about a social group. |
c. | positive or negative beliefs about a social group. |
d. | negative behavior directed at members of a social group. |
ANS: C REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Conceptual
10.A set of beliefs about a group cannot be considered a stereotype if it is
a. | positive. |
b. | negative. |
c. | true. |
d. | None of these |
ANS: D REF: The Nature of the Problem: Persistence and Change
OBJ: 1 KEY: Conceptual
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