Chapter 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Question 1

A group is..

Answer 1

Two or more persons perceived as related because of their interactions, membership in the same social category, or common fate.

Question 2

Ingroups are

Answer 2

Groups with which an individual feels a sense of membership, belonging, and identity

Question 3

Outgroups are…

Answer 3

Groups with which an individual does not feel a sense of membership, belonging, or identity.

Question 4

Modern racism is..

Answer 4

a form of prejudice that surfaces in subtle ways when it is safe, socially acceptable, and easy to rationalize.

Question 5

Implicit racism is…

Answer 5

Racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally

Question 6

The outgroup homogenity effect is…

Answer 6

The tendency to assume that there is greater similarity among members of outgroups than among members of ingroups.

Question 7

An illusory correlation is…

Answer 7

an overestimate of the association between variables that are only slightly correlated

Question 8

People tend to overestimate the link between variables that are _____________, novel, or deviant.

Answer 8

Distinctive

Question 9

People tend to overestimate associations between variables that they already ______________________.

Answer 9

expect to go together

Question 10

Subtyping refers to…

Answer 10

the tendency to accommodate individuals who do not fit into a stereotype by placing them in some sort of sub-group in order to preserve the original stereotype.