Question 1

________ is the key element of contact theory.

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Question 2

Over dinner, a friend argues that racial prejudice can never be diminished, that it is simply "human nature"to feel negatively toward other groups. What evidence could you provide that supports the view that prejudice can in fact be diminished?

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Question 3

Discuss the ways in which socialization plays a role in the formation of prejudice.

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Question 4

Describe the authoritarian personality. Evaluate this concept as an explanation for prejudice.

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Question 5

Identify and discuss two motivational theories that explain prejudice as a function of intergroup competition.

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Question 6

Explain how people categorize on the basis of salience.

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Question 7

Explain the outgroup homogeneity effect and describe its consequences for the maintenance of prejudice.

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Question 8

Give an example of the minimal intergroup situation and explain its relationship to the ingroup favoritism effect.

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Question 9

Describe old-fashioned racism. Discuss the perspective that argues that declines in old-fashioned racism are only illusory.

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Question 10

Describe the differences between old-fashioned racism and symbolic racism.

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Question 11

Describe the jigsaw technique and explain how it is consistent with the principles of contact theory.

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Question 12

What specific requirements are necessary, according to contact theory, for contact to result in the reduction of prejudice?

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Question 13

Discuss the ways that prejudice can be learned.

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Question 14

Compare and contrast the approaches of a social learning theorist and a psychodynamic theorist to understanding the acquisition of prejudice.

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Question 15

Describe the cognitive bases of prejudice using examples.

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Question 16

Identify and describe three cognitive processes that contribute to the formation and maintenance of prejudice.

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Question 17

You have been asked by the president's task force on race relations to describe two general sources of prejudice and suggest a program for reducing prejudice that would address these sources. How would you respond?

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Question 18

Describe the basic principles of realistic group conflict theory. Give an example that illustrates these principles.

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Question 19

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of category-based processing.

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Question 20

What are the three main assumptions of social identity theory? How does this theory explain the formation of prejudice?

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Quiz 6: Prejudice