Question: By providing an opportunity for students to experience prejudice, Jane Elliott taught her class a lesson in _______.
Answer Options:
A) self-objectification
B) terror management
C) disidentification
D) perspective taking
Answer: D) perspective taking
Question: Having people engage in an exercise of perspective taking has been shown to:
Answer Options:
A) increase prejudice.
B) decrease distancing from a minority group member.
C) increase death anxiety.
D) decrease willingness to help minority group members.
Answer: B) decrease distancing from a minority group member.
Question: Self-affirmation has been shown to _______.
Answer Options:
A) increase anxiety
B) decrease self-esteem
C) decrease prejudice
D) increase prejudice
Answer: C) decrease prejudice
Question: __________________ is the idea that group identities should be ignored and that people should be judged solely on their individual merits.
Answer Options:
A) Multicultural ideology
B) Colorblind ideology
C) Cultural relativism
D) Social dominance orientation
Answer: B) Colorblind ideology
Question: ________________ is a worldview in which different cultural identities and viewpoints are acknowledged and appreciated.
Answer Options:
A) Ingroup harmony
B) Cultural relativism
C) Colorblind ideology
D) Multicultural ideology
Answer: D) Multicultural ideology
Question: ________________ is a view that offers an alternative to the colorblind ideology by focusing on the idea of embracing diversity.
Answer Options:
A) Ingroup harmony
B) Cultural relativism
C) Diversity ideology
D) Multicultural ideology
Answer: D) Multicultural ideology
Question: The colorblind approach suggests that people should:
Answer Options:
A) avoid focusing on group identity.
B) try to focus on group identity.
C) not try to improve intergroup relations.
D) accept their tendencies to be prejudiced.
Answer: A) avoid focusing on group identity.
Question: Multiculturalism suggests that people should:
Answer Options:
A) avoid focusing on group identity.
B) approach group differences as something to be celebrated.
C) not try to improve intergroup relations.
D) accept their tendencies to be prejudiced.
Answer: B) approach group differences as something to be celebrated.
Question: Michelle believes that people should not try to ignore differences between groups but should instead celebrate the diversity that distinct groups offer. Michelle favors the:
Answer Options:
A) multicultural ideology.
B) colorblind ideology.
C) social dominance ideology.
D) authoritarian ideology.
Answer: A) multicultural ideology
Question: A master status is the perception that a person will:
Answer Options:
A) strive to be superior to others.
B) be seen only in terms of a stigmatizing attribute rather than as the total self.
C) always be prejudiced by those who are more mature.
D) will define themselves largely based on the groups that he or she belongs to.
Answer: B) be seen only in terms of a stigmatizing attribute rather than as the total self.
Question: If an ethnic minority is conscious of being a member of a stigmatized group, he or she is likely to:
Answer Options:
A) become less vigilant to signs of prejudice.
B) become more vigilant to signs of prejudice.
C) be less willing to cooperate with others.
D) be more willing to cooperate with others.
Answer: B) become more vigilant to signs of prejudice.
Question: Research found that women are more likely to detect sexism-related words during a computer task if they:
Answer Options:
A) are expecting to interact with a sexist man.
B) are high in social dominance orientation.
C) have low body-esteem.
D) are low in self-objectification.
Answer: A) are expecting to interact with a sexist man.