Sociology/Psychology of Prejudice

Which term best describes how a person sees themselves as different than those around them

• Confirmation Bias

• Social identity

• Personal Identity

• Cultural Traits

A human classification system that is socially constructed to distinguish between groups of people who share phenotypic(observable) characteristics.

• Race

• Personal Identity

• Nationality

• Ethnicity

The process of placing people into in-groups and out-groups is called this in Social Identification Theory

• ingroup bias

• prejudice

• outgroup bias

• social categorization

Someone's membership of a group forms part of their...

• Confirmation Bias

• Social Identity

• Ethnicity

• Personal Identity

In-group favoritism and out-group bias are part of which stage of Social Identity Theory?

• social identification

• social comparison

• social categorization

• ingroup bias

An overly simple, unfair and untrue belief about a group of people

• discrimination

• stereotype

• prejudice

• racism

Differential (usually negative) behaviors and actions directed toward members of different social groups

• Racism

• Stereotype

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

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

• gender

• ethnicity

• race

• outgroup

These are groups that lack power

• subordinate groups

• dominant groups

• majority groups

• ingroups

Which is NOT part a characteristice of a minority group?

• Involuntary membership

• Unequal treatment and less power over lives

• being outnumbered

• Distinguishing physical/cultural traits