Intergroup Conflict & Prejudice Quiz

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What is discrimination based on group membership called?

  • Neutral behavior
  • Justified behavior
  • Unjustified behavior (correct)
  • Positive behavior

What are some examples of limited resources according to the Economic Perspective?

  • Education, healthcare, technology, transportation
  • Art, music, literature, culture
  • Entertainment, fashion, luxury goods, sports
  • Territory, jobs, power, food and water (correct)

What was the outcome of the first attempt to reduce prejudice and conflict in the Robbers Cave Study?

  • It was not attempted
  • It improved the situation
  • It had no effect
  • It made the situation worse (correct)

What is the name of the theory that explains conflict, prejudice, and discrimination arising from competition for limited resources?

<p>Realistic Group Conflict (RGC) Theory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the common goal that the boys in the Robbers Cave Study had to work together to achieve?

<p>Freeing a food truck that was stuck (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social categorization?

<p>The natural cognitive process by which we place individuals into social groups (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between stereotyping and prejudice?

<p>Stereotyping is cognitive, while prejudice is emotional (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stereotype threat?

<p>The fear of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, which can lead to decreased performance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some ways to reduce prejudice?

<p>Be aware of our own stereotypes, break down social categories, increase contact with outgroup members, work towards a common goal, remove triggers that may induce stereotype threat (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the components of intergroup bias?

<p>Economic, motivational, and cognitive (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimal condition for group biases according to the minimal group paradigm?

<p>Being a member of a group based on arbitrary criteria (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the central hypothesis of social identity theory?

<p>Members of an ingroup will seek to view the outgroup favorably (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a cognitive bias that can lead to the over-representation of negative behaviors from a minority group in memory and beliefs?

<p>Illusory correlation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the minimal group paradigm?

<p>To create groups based on arbitrary criteria to study intergroup bias (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are stereotypes according to the cognitive perspective?

<p>Broad conceptualizations based on prior experience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between ingroup differentiation and outgroup homogeneity effect?

<p>Ingroup differentiation is the belief that ingroup members are more diverse, while outgroup homogeneity effect is the tendency to assume members of outgroups are all alike. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stereotype threat?

<p>The tendency to confirm a stereotype that others have because of a group we're in (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?

<p>A task that measures the strength of associations between concepts and evaluations of stereotypes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can educators avoid stereotype threat in the classroom?

<p>By encouraging students to think of skills as the result of hard work (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is prejudice?

<p>An unjustifiable negative attitude toward an outgroup or toward members of that outgroup (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stereotype?

<p>The positive or negative beliefs that we hold about the characteristics of social groups (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the outgroup homogeneity effect?

<p>The tendency to perceive members of outgroups as more similar to each other than members of our own group (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stereotype threat?

<p>The fear of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main perspectives of intergroup bias?

<p>Economic, Motivational, and Cognitive (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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