Deck 12: Responding to Social Inequality: Behavioral and Cognitive Interventions for Reducing Prejudice

Question 1

The contact hypothesis states that contact with outgroup members heightens anxiety.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Intergroup contact with members of one group improves attitudes towards members of other outgroups too.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Efforts to monitor and suppress one's automatic prejudices is called:

A)Stereotype inhibition
B)Stereotype threat
C)Self-regulation
D)Stereotype rebound

Answer 3

Stereotype inhibition

Question 4

Imagined intergroup contact consists of:

A)Mental simulating an intergroup interaction
B)Witnessing an intergroup interaction
C)Improving attitudes towards members of other outgroups with whom you never interact.
D)All of the above

Question 5

Becoming aware of and trying to control your own prejudices:

A)Arouses guilt
B)Increases anxiety
C)Can be effective
D)All of the above

Question 6

Controlling one's prejudiced impulses is simply a matter of willpower.

Question 7

Which condition is necessary for the contact hypothesis to reduce intergroup anxiety?

A)Contact must be with a lower-status person.
B)Contact must involve working toward a common goal.
C)Contact must involve multiple members of the outgroup.
D)Contact must be direct.

Question 8

Which works better to reducing your own automatic prejudice?

A)Refuting your own stereotypic beliefs.
B)Affirming counterstereotypic beliefs.
C)Both work equally well.

Question 9

The stereotype rebound effect illustrates the difference between:

A)Automatic and controlled stereotypes
B)Self-regulation and empathy
C)Stereotypes and prejudice
D)Cognitive and emotional empathy

Question 10

Personal contact with outgroup members makes us:

A)More informed of their life circumstances
B)More threatened by them
C)Less judgmental of them
D)A and C
E)All of the above

Question 11

Taking another person's perspective and imagining their life circumstances best fits:

A)Cognitive empathy
B)Emotional empathy
C)Social empathy

Question 12

Cross-categorization,empathy,and stereotype inhibition are examples of ____ interventions for reducing prejudice.

A)Behavioral
B)Cognitive
C)Psychological

Question 13

Empathy:

A)Gives us an opportunity to picture ourselves in "their" situation
B)Allows us to see more dimensions and characteristics of other people
C)Encourages positive and forgiving attitudes
D)All of the above

Question 14

The contact hypothesis only has direct effects.

Question 15

In Shook and Fazio's 2008)roommate study,the results showed that:

A)White participants' racial attitudes improved when they were assigned a Black roommate.
B)White participants were less satisfied with their roommate situation when they were assigned a Black roommate.
C)Both A and B.

Question 16

Cross-categorization makes you feel more similar to outgroup members.

Question 17

Cross-categorization works because:

A)"us" and "them" distinctions become less clear
B)You realize that you share a group membership with former)outgroup members
C)A and B

Question 18

The contact hypothesis works best when the interaction partners:

A)Have physical,personal contact
B)Are of equal status
C)Are working on independent projects
D)All of the above

Question 19

Empathy can be increased through:

A)Workshops
B)Online interactions
C)Media messages
D)All of the above
True-False

Question 20

Personal contact with outgroup members and self-regulation of one's prejudice are examples of ____ interventions for reducing prejudice.

A)Behavioral
B)Cognitive
C)Psychological

Question 21

Explain how cross-categorization reduces prejudice.

Question 22

Trying to inhibit a stereotype actually makes it stronger in the long run.

Question 23

What is the difference between cognitive and emotional empathy?

Question 24

Discuss two processes by which prejudice,stereotyping or discrimination creates or sustains social inequality.

Question 25

What is the contact hypothesis?

Question 26

How does intergroup contact lessen our reliance on social categories and stereotypes?

Question 27

Compare the relative effects of inhibiting your own stereotype or affirming a more positive stereotype for reducing one's own prejudice.

Question 28

How are the contact hypothesis and cross-categorization complementary prejudice-reduction interventions?