PSYCH 4130: Prejudice and Gender Stereotypes
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What is the main goal of companies implementing diversity training programs?

  • To promote stereotyping in the workplace
  • To raise awareness of implicit biases among employees (correct)
  • To categorize people into racial groups
  • To ignore prejudice in the workplace
  • What is the cognitive source of prejudice that involves categorizing people into groups?

  • Stereotyping
  • Categorization (correct)
  • Own-race bias
  • Outgroup homogeneity effect
  • When are people more likely to rely on stereotypes?

  • When they are under pressure and stressed (correct)
  • When they are familiar with the social group
  • When they have a lot of time to think
  • When they are emotionally calm
  • What is the result of the outgroup homogeneity effect?

    <p>People perceive outgroup members as more similar to one another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tendency for people to recognize their own race?

    <p>Own-race bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the effect where people perceive outgroup members as more similar to one another than ingroup members?

    <p>Outgroup homogeneity effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do people tend to categorize people into groups?

    <p>Because it helps them to make judgments easily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of stereotyping?

    <p>People make judgments easily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When do people tend to see the diversity within their own group?

    <p>When the social group is familiar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between categorization and stereotyping?

    <p>Categorization is a cognitive process, while stereotyping is an emotional response</p> Signup and view all the answers

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