Stereotypes Quiz

What are stereotypes?

• Beliefs that do not influence behavior

• Beliefs based on reason and evidence

• Generalized beliefs about the characteristics of a group of people

• Specific beliefs about the characteristics of an individual

What is prejudice?

• A positive or negative attitude towards a group not completely based on reason

• A neutral attitude towards a group of people

• A belief based on cultural influences

• A behavior influenced by confirmation bias

What is discrimination?

• Generalized beliefs about the characteristics of a group of people

• A positive or negative attitude towards a group not completely based on reason

• A behavior influenced by confirmation bias

• Negative behavior towards a group of people

Why do people make stereotypes?

• To be as inefficient as possible

• To quickly classify people and predict their behaviors

• To ignore information that challenges their beliefs

• To be unbiased in their judgments

How are stereotypes developed and strengthened?

• By recalling information that challenges beliefs

• By ignoring cultural influences

• Through unbiased judgments and reasoning

• Through cultural influences and confirmation bias

What is the tri-component model of attitudes based on?

• Feelings, actions, and thoughts

• Beliefs, behaviors, and emotions

• Cultural influences, confirmation bias, and socialization

• Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination

How do stereotypes influence behavior according to the tri-component model?

• They only influence actions and behaviors

• They only influence thoughts and feelings

• They have no influence on behavior

• They influence how we think, feel, and act towards specific groups of people

What is confirmation bias?

• Recalling, selecting, and interpreting information that's aligned with our beliefs

• Recalling information that challenges beliefs

• Ignoring information that confirms beliefs

• Selecting information that challenges beliefs

What is the main function of stereotypes?

• To ignore cultural influences and confirmation bias

• To categorize people into groups for unbiased judgments

• To form beliefs based on reason and evidence

• To make quick and automatic judgments about people

How do stereotypes form from cultural influences?

• By ignoring cultural influences and confirmation bias

• By recalling information that challenges beliefs

• By forming beliefs based on reason and evidence

• By picking up cultural surroundings about how to categorize people