Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination
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What is the term for a set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a specific group and its members?

  • Discrimination
  • Prejudice
  • Stereotype (correct)
  • Self-fulfilling prophecy
  • According to social identity theory, people tend to be?

  • Individualistic
  • Ethnocentric (correct)
  • Altruistic
  • Egalitarian
  • Which approach suggests that children's feelings about members of various groups are shaped by the behavior of parents, other adults, and peers?

  • Social identity theory
  • Contact hypothesis
  • Implicit Association Test
  • Observational learning approach (correct)
  • What is the goal of increasing contact between the target of stereotyping and the holder of the stereotype?

    <p>Reduce prejudice and discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for behavior directed toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group?

    <p>Discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Implicit Association Test?

    <p>To measure prejudice and discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a social supporter in the context of conformity?

    <p>A group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Philip Zimbardo's experiment, what was the role of the guards and prisoners?

    <p>To demonstrate the effects of conformity to social roles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Milgram's classic obedience study, what percentage of participants used the highest setting on the shock generator?

    <p>65%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for expectations associated with a particular social position?

    <p>Social roles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can conforming to social roles lead to, according to Zimbardo's experiment?

    <p>Undesirable behavior changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a change in behavior in response to the commands of others?

    <p>Obedience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of social schemas in social cognition?

    <p>To organize and recall information about social experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do central traits refer to in impression formation?

    <p>Major characteristics used to form an overall impression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of organizing information about another person to form an overall impression of that person?

    <p>Impression formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What helps individuals recognize, categorize, and recall information relating to social stimuli?

    <p>Social schema</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cognitive process by which people understand and make sense of others and themselves?

    <p>Social cognition</p> Signup and view all the answers

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