Mod 77 Prejudice & Discrimination

Which of the following is the primary distinction between prejudice and discrimination?

• Prejudice is cognitive and discrimination is behavioral.

• Prejudice is based on anger and discrimination is based on fear.

• Prejudice is a legal term and discrimination is a psychological term.

• Discrimination typically develops in infancy and prejudice typically develops in adolescence.

Which of the following is true of prejudice in recent years?

• Both overt and subtle prejudice have shown steady and equal increases.

• Subtle prejudice has been decreasing more than overt prejudice.

• Both overt and subtle prejudice have been increasing, but overt prejudice is increasing at a faster rate.

• Overt prejudice has been decreasing more than

  subtle prejudice.

Which of the following accurately describes the just- world phenomenon?

• It’s the reduction in prejudice that has resulted from improvements in our laws and judicial system.

• It’s the reduction in discrimination that has resulted from improvements in our laws and judicial system.

• It’s the belief that most people get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

• It’s the tendency of people to deny that prejudice is still a problem.

Which of the following is an example of ingroup bias?

• Hinata talked only to her five best friends when she was in ninth grade.

• Sabrina has been a NewYork Yankee fan since she was in fourth grade.

• Kimia believes she is the best student in her AP® Psychology class, but her grades are not as good as several students.

• Derek believes his t-ball team is the best in the league.

A member of one racial group viciously beats someone from a different racial group. The incident is widely publicized in the local media. Which of the following terms best describes this incident?

• Scapegoat theory

• Vivid case

• Just-world phenomenon

• Other-race effect

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a stereotype?

• Providing a characterization of an entire group of people based on the actions of some
• People sticking together, creating an "us versus them" attitude
• The discrimination of an entire group of people through policies of segregation
• Believing that your racial or ethnic background is better than everyone else's

Discrimination is a(an) _____________ while prejudice is a(an) ____________.

• attitude, action
• action, attitude
• feeling, behavior
• behavior, action

A group of people identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics is:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

Assimilation is:

• the blending fruits, milk, and ice cream into a cold treat of deliciousness 
• the fusing of the remnants of the Democratic Party into the now-dominant Republican Party
• the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society
• the systematic effort to destroy an entire population

A scapegoat is a person or group

• that gets along with everyone.
• who builds themselves up at the expense of others.
• who has NO knowledge of other groups.
• who has negative feelings taken out on them and gets blamed.