Prejudice and Stereotypes

According to Allport, it is not normal to create categorical judgments and erronoeus generalizations

• True

• False

People perceive more variability within outgroups than ingroups

• True

• False

What's a social stereotype?

• The stereotype that a lot of people have about an individual

• The stereotype that an individual has about a group of people

• The stereotype that many people have about many people

• The stereotype that an individual has about another individaul

What makes a stereotype popular or normalized?

• The evidence to support it

• The agreement of the majority

• How funny or ridiculous it is

• Speech styles

_________ is the relation of a person to a psychological attribute

• Intensity

• Pattern of traits

• Stimulus

• Illusory correlation

Stereotypes can influence our memory

• True

• False

The use of Trainers in London and Sneakers in the US is an example of...

• Grammatical rules

• Cognitive bases

• Speech divergence

• Socioeconomic status

A cognitive approach helps

• understand why a group is discriminated

• determine why a group is respected, liked or discriminated

• simplify the information about stereotypes

• erradicate prejudice and stereotypes

Why does re-fencing occur? (leaving out an atypical member)

• Because they give the group a bad image

• Due to intolerance towards atypical members

• Because it is more comfortable for everyone

• To maintain the category of the group

The image of a prejudiced group can change if we

• Erradicate stereotypes

• Learn to make fun of stereotypes and don't take them seriously

• Change political, economic and social situations

• Learn to accept those that are different