Module 77 AP Psychology

A belief that all members of a group share a common characteristic.

• prejudice

• discrimination

• stereotype

• social loafing

• social facilitation

Preferential or disadvantageous behavior toward an individual or group:

• obedience

• discrimination

• prejudice

• other-race-effect

• ethnocentrism

"I don't like atheists" is an example of which concept?

• stereotype

• discrimination

• ethnocentrism

• prejudice

• Christianity

Most children believe their school classmates are better than the children in other schools. This best illustrates

• ingroup bias

• outgroup bias

• discrimination

• the other-race effect

• the own-race bias

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some outraged people lashed out at innocent Arab-Americans. This release of hostility can best be explained in terms of

• the bystander effect.

• scapegoat theory.

• other-race-effect.

• the just world phenomenon.

• blaming the victim.

A stereotype is

• a generalized belief about a group of people.

• unjustifiable behavior toward a group.

• an attitude toward a group and its members.

• an accurate heuristic.

• the same as a prejudice.

Discrimination is

• the unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members.

• a generalized and accurate belief about people.

• a generalized and positive belief about a group of people.

• an attitude toward a group and its members.

• observing and recording behavior in a natural setting.

A synonym for prejudice is

• stereotyping.

• prejudgement.

• discrimination.

• fundamental attribution error.

• self-serving bias.

Studies have shown that people feel more positively about women in general than they do about men.

• True

• False

The social roots of prejudice include all of the following except

• the just-world phenomenon.

• social inequalities.

• ingroup bias.

• scapegoat theory.

• the mere exposure effect.