M77 Reading Check

Ethnocentrism is the belief that...

• ethnic foods are all good.

• human diversity is a positive force.

• one's own culture is superior to others.

• other people are all pretty much alike in their opinions.

• cultural pluralism is a destructive goal that fosters conflict.

Although Graham has not yet met his future college roommate, he learned that the roommate is a football player. He is anxious and unhappy about sharing his room with a football player because he expects that his roommate will be a "party animal" who makes studying in his room difficult. Graham's attitude can be classified as...

• stereotype threat.

• prejudice.

• discrimination.

• scapegoating.

• fully justified.

The primary distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that...

• prejudice is cognitive and discrimination is behavior.

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

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

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

• discrimination is primarily caused by nature and prejudice is primarily caused by nurture.

In recent years,

• both explicit and implicit prejudice have shown steady and equal increases.

• explicit prejudice has decreased, but implicit prejudice has not.

• both explicit and implicit prejudice have been increasing, but explicit prejudice is increasing at a faster rate.

• both explicit and implicit prejudice have been increasing, but implicit prejudice is increasing at a faster rate.

• explicit prejudice has been decreasing more than implicit 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.

• It's a reflection of our desire to categorize daily events as "unfair."

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 New York Yankees 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 other students.

• Francisco believes he is the best student in his AP Psychology class, and in fact he has the highest test average.

• Derek believes his T-ball team is the best in the league and that the other teams in the league have no talented players.

What is the best explanation for why Carl, an African-American, was better able to describe the African-American man who robbed his store than he was able to describe the Caucasian man who was with him?

• scapegoat theory

• a vivid case

• just-world phenomenon

• other-race effect

• ingroup bias

Describe an example of a social root of prejudice, an emotional root of prejudice, and a cognitive root of prejudice. (3 separate, or combined in any way - but then clarify which is which within)