Stereotyping - Social Basis of Behavior

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that agrees with or supports one's prior beliefs of values. (2 words)

The name given for any mental processes involved with knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, perceiving & problem solving.

• Cognition

• Cognitive Miser

• Social Cognition

• Confirmation bias

The process of consciously or unconsciously changing ones own behaviors, attitudes, or values so that they are more like individuals or groups that they value or like.,

• Social Categorization

• Conformation bias

• Identification

• In-group favoritism

Which of the following are NOT stages of social identity theory

• Social Identification

• Social Categorization

• Social Comparison

• Self Esteem

Answer explanation

Not a stage, but a result or goal of us going through the stages. People tend like to maintain or increase self esteem by going through the stages.

Who is the relevant researcher?

• Lewin

• Tajfel

• Rosenthal

• Fiske

Rosenthal's study provided the clearest support for the concept of:

• Illusory Correlations

• Out-group discrimination

• In-group favoritism

• Self-fulfilling Prophecies

What was the last name of the researcher who intentionally categorized and stereotyped children based on their eye color?

The extent to which individuals believe that they can "master" a particular behavior is called:

• Self Esteem

• Stereotype Threat

• Self Efficacy

• Confirmation Bias

Any behavior, thinking, or perception that is biased toward benefiting the in-group

• In-group favoritism

• Confirmation Bias

• Social Categorization

• Social Comparison

Which of the following is a behavior?

• Prejudice

• Stereotyping

• Discrimination

• Stereotyping threat