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Social Psychology 3

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 3hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Prejudice?

a)

Unfavourable attitude towards a social group and its members.

b)

Discrimination against people based on their gender.

c)

Discrimination against people based on their ethnicity or race.

d)

Discrimination against people based on their age.

2.

What are Allport's three components of a Prejudice?

a)

Conative

b)

Cognitive

c)

Affective

d)

Reactive

3.

What is the Prejudice paradox?

a)

Prejudice is socially undesirable, yet it pervades social life.

b)

Prejudice is hurtful to experience but fun to inflict.

c)

Prejudice is non-existent but seen everywhere.

d)

A good name for a Nolan movie.

4.

While Attitudes beget Behaviour, Prejudice begets...

a)

Discrimination

b)

Anger

c)

Rebellion

d)

Genocide

5.

The stereotype that woman are nice but incompetent while men are competent but not nice is pervasive throughout many cultures.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

How should I know, I'm a woman...

6.

There is correspondence between knowing about stereotypes and believing in them when individuals are _____.

a)

Highly prejudiced

b)

Moderately prejudiced

c)

Not prejudiced

7.

Housewife, career woman and athlete are some _____ of female stereotypes.

a)

Subtypes

b)

Domtypes

c)

Topforms

d)

Bottomforms

8.

What is the Glass Ceiling?

a)

An invisible barrier that prevents women, and minorities, from attaining top leadership positions.

b)

A tendency for women rather than men to be appointed to precarious leadership positions associated with a high probability of failure and criticism.

c)

Unfavourable attitude towards a social group and its members.

d)

Publicly being favouring a minority group in order to deflect accusations of Prejudice against that group.

9.

What is the Glass Cliff?

a)

An invisible barrier that prevents women, and minorities, from attaining top leadership positions.

b)

A tendency for women rather than men to be appointed to precarious leadership positions associated with a high probability of failure and criticism.

c)

Unfavourable attitude towards a social group and its members.

d)

Publicly being favouring a minority group in order to deflect accusations of Prejudice against that group.

10.

Male success is attributed to ability while female success is attributed to luck.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I'm feeling lucky

11.

What is Affirmative Action?

a)

Policies including particular groups in areas in which they are underrepresented.

b)

Discriminating the majority group to deflect accusations of prejudice.

c)

Publicly making small concessions to a minority group in order to deflect accusations of prejudice.

d)

Group attributes that mediate a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group.

12.

The proximity in which people are willing to stand next to each other can be used to detect what?

a)

Racism

b)

Sexism

c)

Ageism

d)

Feminism

13.

Finish the list: A.) _____, Baby Boomers, B.) _____, Millennials

a)

a.) Traditionalists

b)

a.) Generation W

c)

b.) Generation X

d)

b.) Generation Y

14.

The young generally have little to do with the elderly, so intergenerational encounters tend to activate A.) _____rather than B.) _____ perceptions.

a)

a.) Intergroup

b)

a.) Interpersonal

c)

b.) Interpersonal

d)

b.) Intergroup

15.

When was homosexuality removed from the DSM?

a)

1973

b)

1965

c)

1988

d)

2014

16.

When was same-sex marriage legalised in Malta?

a)

2017

b)

2006

c)

1996

d)

1982

17.

_____ may be patronised to or considered warm but incompetent.

a)

People with disabilities

b)

Minorities

c)

Homosexuals

d)

Lactose intolerant people

18.

Hiding family members who have _____ problems prevents them from seeking help from health services and sustains the prejudice.

a)

Mental health

b)

Physical health

c)

Physical disabilities

d)

Developmental issues

19.

Prejudices may be covertly expressed through...

a)

Reluctance to help

b)

Tokenism

c)

Reverse discrimination

d)

Genocide

e)

Dehuminisation

20.

The practice of publicly making small concessions to a minority group in order to deflect accusations of prejudice and discrimination.

a)

Tokenism

b)

Reverse Discrimination

c)

Reluctance to help

d)

Stigma

21.

White participants who had performed a small favour for a black stranger were subsequently _____ willing to engage in more effortful forms of helping than were those who had not performed the small favour.

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

Equally

22.

The practice of publicly being prejudiced in favour of a minority group in order to deflect accusations of prejudice and discrimination against that group.

a)

Reverse Discrimination

b)

Tokenism

c)

Affirmative Action

d)

Flokenism

23.

What is Stigma?

a)

Policies including particular groups in areas in which they are underrepresented.

b)

Discriminating the majority group to deflect accusations of prejudice.

c)

Publicly making small concessions to a minority group in order to deflect accusations of prejudice.

d)

Group attributes that mediate a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group.

24.

Stigmas may be viewed as...

a)

Controllable

b)

Uncontrollable

c)

Visible

d)

Concealable

25.

____ may have less harsh reactions and less extreme discrimination.

a)

Uncontrollable Stigmas

b)

Controllable Stigmas

c)

Visible Stigmas

d)

Concealable Stigmas

26.

_____ are the outcome of an adaptive cognitive process that helps us avoid poor social exchange partners who may threaten our access to resource or who, by virtue of being different, may carry communicable pathogens.

a)

Stigmas

b)

Prejudices

c)

Attitudes

d)

Discriminatory behaviours

27.

_____ can legitimise inequalities of status and resource distribution that favour a dominant group; it justifies the status quo.

a)

Stigmas

b)

Prejudices

c)

Attitudes

d)

Discriminatory behaviours

28.

What are some negative effects of Tokenism and Reverse Discrimination?

a)

Less commitment and job satisfaction

b)

Develop unrealistic opinions of their abilities and future prospects

c)

Failure to take personal credit for positive outcomes

d)

Negative reaction from members of traditionally advantaged groups

29.

Feeling that we will be judged and treated in terms of negative stereotypes of our group, and that we will inadvertently confirm these stereotypes through our behaviour.

a)

What is Stereotype Threat?

b)

What is Stigma?

c)

What is Racism?

d)

What is Reverse Discrimination?

30.

Expectations and assumptions about a person that influence our interaction with that person and eventually change their behaviour in line with our expectations.

a)

What is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

b)

What is Attributional Ambiguity?

c)

What is Reverse Discrimination?

d)

What is Tokenism?

31.

A person hired by a company because of Tokenism or Reverse Discrimination may experience...

a)

Attributional Ambiguity

b)

Relational Jaundice

c)

Physiological Anaemia

d)

Attitude Vengance

32.

What is the most common 'Nature' theory of Prejudice?

a)

Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

b)

Relative Deprivation Theory

c)

Attributional Ambiguity

d)

Social Learning Theory

33.

Which personality syndrome originating in childhood predisposes individuals to be prejudiced?

a)

Authoritarian Personality

b)

Histrionic Personality

c)

Obsessive Compulsive Personality

d)

Narcissistic Personality

34.

What is Dogmatism?

a)

A cognitive style that is rigid and intolerant and predisposes people to be prejudiced.

b)

A theory of evolution highlighting man's canine roots.

c)

Resistance to belief change in the light of new information.

d)

A feeling of overwhelming joy and ecstasy when catching a projectile in your mouth.

35.

Which ideological stance may predispose its members to Prejudice?

a)

Right-wing Authoritarianism

b)

Antidisestablishmentarianism

c)

Left-Wing Egalitarianism

d)

Central Free-Market Democracy

36.

Theory that attributes Prejudice to an individual’s acceptance of an ideology that seeks their group to be dominant, and rejects egalitarian ideologies.

a)

Social Dominance Theory

b)

Stereotype Threat

c)

Belief Congruence Theory

d)

Dogmatism and Close-Mindedness

37.

The theory that similar beliefs promote liking and social harmony among people while dissimilar beliefs produce dislike and prejudice.

a)

Belief Congruence Theory

b)

Social Dominance Theory

c)

The Authoritarian Personality

d)

Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

38.

What is Social Cognition?

a)

Policies including particular groups in areas in which they are underrepresented.

b)

Discriminating the majority group to deflect accusations of prejudice.

c)

Cognitive processes and structures that influence and are influenced by social behaviour.

d)

Group attributes that mediate a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group.

39.

Social Cognition follows the behavioural model but adds _____ in between Stimulus and Response.

a)

Reasoning

b)

Faith

c)

Socialisation

d)

Modelling

40.

According to Asch, the word "Warm" is a _____.

a)

Central Trait

b)

Peripheral Trait

41.

Which of the following states that Traits can be Central or Peripheral?

a)

Configural Model

b)

Modal Model

c)

Attitude Spreading Effect

d)

Primacy Effect

42.

A cognitive structure that represents knowledge about a concept or type of stimulus, including its attributes and the relationships among those attributes.

a)

What is a Thought?

b)

What is an Attitude?

c)

What is a Schema?

d)

What is a Stigma?

43.

What are some types of Schemas?

a)

Person Schemas

b)

Role Schemas

c)

Content-Free Schemas

d)

Scripts

e)

Self-Schemas

44.

Knowledge of how to order and pay at a restaurant is known as...

a)

Person Schemas

b)

Role Schemas

c)

Content-Free Schemas

d)

Scripts

e)

Self-Schemas

45.

Knowledge that punching someone in the face will make them angry is known as...

a)

Person Schemas

b)

Role Schemas

c)

Content-Free Schemas

d)

Scripts

e)

Self-Schemas

46.

Knowledge that Will Smith has anger issues is known as...

a)

Person Schemas

b)

Role Schemas

c)

Content-Free Schemas

d)

Scripts

e)

Self-Schemas

47.

Knowledge that bus drivers shouldn't take Tequila shots in front of passengers is known as...

a)

Person Schemas

b)

Role Schemas

c)

Content-Free Schemas

d)

Scripts

e)

Self-Schemas

48.

Schemas may be formed into categories based on _____ or _____.

a)

Prototypes or Exemplars

b)

Hadrons or Quarks

c)

Attitudes or Prejudices

d)

Positive Traits or Negative Traits

49.

Categories in a Schema are organised hierarchally and sorted by...

a)

More inclusive categories

b)

Less inclusive categories

c)

Basic categories

d)

Non-existent categories

50.

Categories can be formed from nodes that connect within what?

a)

Associative Network

b)

Prototype

c)

Exemplar

d)

Heuristic

51.

How do Schemas change?

a)

Bookkeeping

b)

Conversion

c)

Subtyping

d)

Dysmorphia

52.

A slow change of a Schema in the face of accumulating evidence is known as what?

a)

Bookkeeping

b)

Conversion

c)

Subtyping

d)

Dwarfism

53.

A sudden and massive change of a Schema once a critical mass of disconfirming evidence has accumulated is known as what?

a)

Bookkeeping

b)

Conversion

c)

Subtyping

d)

Anhedonia

54.

A schemas morphing into a subcategory to accommodate disconfirming evidence is known as what?

a)

Bookkeeping

b)

Conversion

c)

Subtyping

d)

Regalia

55.

What is Social Representation?

a)

Classifying new things by comparing them to ‘old’ things.

b)

Shared understandings of the world between group members.

c)

Cognitive processes and structures that influence and are influenced by social behaviour.

d)

Group attributes that mediate a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group.

56.

Social Representation can transform unfamiliar _____ and _____ into familiar ones.

a)

Attitudes and Prejudices

b)

Codes and Metaphors

c)

Visible Stigmas and Concealable Stigmas

d)

Exemplars and Prototypes

57.

What is Anchoring?

a)

Classifying new things by comparing them to ‘old’ things.

b)

Shared understandings of the world between group members.

c)

Cognitive processes and structures that influence and are influenced by social behaviour.

d)

Group attributes that mediate a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group.

58.

The process by which something new and abstract becomes part of everyday life and common sense is known as...

a)

Anchoring

b)

Objectification

c)

Attitude Spreading

d)

Prototype

59.

Social Representations can be split into...

a)

Periphery

b)

Core

c)

Outskirts

d)

Tangents

60.

The Core of a Social Representation is...

a)

Stable

b)

Shared

c)

Dynamic

d)

Subjective

61.

The Periphery of a Social Representation is...

a)

Stable

b)

Shared

c)

Dynamic

d)

Subjective

62.

What are some Social Representations of bullies in the minds of children?

a)

Bullying as the Work of a Disturbed Bully

b)

Bullying as Revengeful Activity

c)

Bullying as a reaction to Devience

d)

Bullying as a Automatic Response to Nerds

63.

The impressions we form of others are influenced by superficial aspects of their appearance.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

People are slow to change their first impressions on the basis of new information.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

A person who evokes contempt or disregard from others, provokes others, or does not fit into the peer group may be...

a)

Bullied as reaction to devience

b)

Bullying as social positioning

c)

Bullying as the work of a disturbed bully

d)

Bullying as a vengeful activity

66.

A bully who picks on kids as an expression of a struggle for status and power may be bullying due to...

a)

Bullied as reaction to devience

b)

Bullying as social positioning

c)

Bullying as the work of a disturbed bully

d)

Bullying as a vengeful activity

67.

A bully who picks on kids as a result of personal problems may be bullying due to...

a)

Bullied as reaction to devience

b)

Bullying as social positioning

c)

Bullying as the work of a disturbed bully

d)

Bullying as a vengeful activity

68.

A bully who picks on kids as payback may be bullying due to...

a)

Bullied as reaction to devience

b)

Bullying as social positioning

c)

Bullying as the work of a disturbed bully

d)

Bullying as a vengeful activity