Question: One of the speculated causes of self-objectification is:

Answer Options:
A) a cultural worldview that promotes equal treatment of women.
B) body shame.
C) being exposed repeatedly to idealized images of women’s bodies.
D) disordered eating.

Answer: C) being exposed repeatedly to idealized images of women’s bodies.

Question: Stereotype threat is:

Answer Options:
A) the concern that one might do something to confirm a negative stereotype about one’s group either in one’s own eyes or the eyes of someone else.
B) the tendency to use stereotypes when one feels threatened.
C) the concern that stereotypes are ultimately true.
D) the tendency to believe stereotypes threaten one’s sense of self-esteem.

Answer: A) the concern that one might do something to confirm a negative stereotype about one’s group either in one’s own eyes or the eyes of someone else.

Question: Stereotype lift is:

Answer Options:
A) when one successfully does not engage in stereotypic thinking.
B) when people perform well despite the existence of a negative stereotype.
C) the result of ingroup bias.
D) when one gets a performance boost as the result of being reminded of a positive stereotype.

Answer: D) when one gets a performance boost as the result of being reminded of a positive stereotype.

Question: Which of the following statements is true?

Answer Options:
A) Stereotype threat depletes cognitive resources.
B) Stereotype threat increases self-esteem.
C) Stereotype lift decreases self-esteem.
D) Stereotype threat improves intergroup relations.

Answer: A) Stereotype threat depletes cognitive resources.

Question: Social identity threat is the feeling that:

Answer Options:
A) you need to disidentify with your group.
B) everyone dislikes your group.
C) your group simply is not valued in a domain and that you do not belong there.
D) you should not identify with stigmatized groups.

Answer: C) your group simply is not valued in a domain and that you do not belong there.

Question: An engineering department at a university wants to increase the number of female engineering majors and graduates. Which of the following strategies would BEST help with this goal?

Answer Options:
A) hiring female professors that could serve as role models
B) ignoring gender
C) hiring more male professors
D) asking professors to always make gender salient prior to any test

Answer: A) hiring female professors that could serve as role models

Question: According to rejection identification theory:

Answer Options:
A) people want to reject being part of a minority group.
B) minority group status leads to lower feelings of belongingness.
C) people can gain a sense of psychological security by strongly identifying with their stigmatized group.
D) members of minority groups want to disidentify with these groups.

Answer: C) people can gain a sense of psychological security by strongly identifying with their stigmatized group.

Question: People who have a high tolerance of ambiguity tend to be:

Answer Options:
A) low in the need for structured knowledge.
B) high in the need for structure knowledge.
C) low in self-esteem.
D) high in self-esteem.

Answer: A) low in the need for structured knowledge.

Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors of right-wing authoritarianism?

Answer Options:
A) authoritarian submission
B) colorblindness
C) conventionalism
D) authoritarian aggression

Answer: B) colorblindness

Question: People who think the world would be better off if everyone knew and accepted their place in the social order are high in the trait of:

Answer Options:
A) social dominance orientation
B) conventionalism
C) need for structure
D) self-objectification

Answer: A) social dominance orientation

Question: Process 2 of the dual process approach to prejudice focuses on:

Answer Options:
A) reflexive processes
B) reflective processes
C) coordinated processes
D) physiological processes

Answer: B) reflective processes

Question: Which of the following is NOT one of Allport’s four principal ingredients for positive intergroup contact?

Answer Options:
A) equal status between groups in the situation
B) contact that is intimate and varied
C) institutional support
D) the motive to avoid being prejudiced

Answer: D) the motive to avoid being prejudiced

Question: Climate change is something that affects all humans. Thus, seeking to combat climate change is an example of:

Answer Options:
A) terror management.
B) a superordinate goal.
C) social dominance.
D) stereotype lift.

Answer: B) a superordinate goal.

Question: When groups are equal in status, they are more likely to:

Answer Options:
A) have negative attitudes toward one another.
B) get along.
C) discriminate against one another.
D) have low self-esteem.

Answer: B) get along.

Question: The multicultural ideology is a worldview in which:

Answer Options:
A) group identities are ignored and people are treated solely as individuals.
B) groups are believed to naturally vary in their place in the social hierarchy.
C) cultural identities are changed so that everyone feels a sense of common humanity.
D) cultural identities and viewpoints are acknowledged and appreciated.

Answer: D) cultural identities and viewpoints are acknowledged and appreciated.