chapter 6

Question 1

1: baseball players from US to china. group membership will be salient under 3 factors/conditions

Answer 1

• direct reminders of membership-such as wearing a jersey or a warm up jacket on the plane ride
• when on the field at the baseball game
• the americans will be the minority when walking around china sightseeing

Question 2

2: out group homogeneity effect

Answer 2

the tendency to see al out group members as similar

Question 3

2: 3 explanations for out group homogeneity effect

Answer 3

familiarity, constrained nature of our interactions with members of an outgroup, habit of focusing on characteristics that make us unique

Question 4

2: familiarity

Answer 4

less aware of the differences between members of an outgroup, less likely to be able to accurately identify them

Question 5

2: interaction in certain circumstances only

Answer 5

interaction typically happen only during similar scenarios, and therefore only have perceptions of the outgroup based on that scenario

Question 6

2: focusing on unique characteristics

Answer 6

we look for characteristics that make us unique, all characteristics of an outgroup make us feel different, so we don’t look too closely

Question 7

2: how out group homogeneity effect relates to eyewitness testimony

Answer 7

they are often biased to what the perception of the outgroup is. common perception of blacks is that they are lawbreakers and dangerous members of society. jurors should only accept the testimony if there is other supporting evidence that the black individual is truly the thief