Quiz 6 - Prejudice & Discrimination(1)

Question 1

The word ‘prejudice’ refers to:

Answer 1

Unfavourable attitudes towards another group and its members.

Question 2

Complete the following statement: Attitude is to behaviour as …

Answer 2

prejudice is to discrimination.

Question 3

Ambivalent sexism is composed of both a hostile and a ………. prejudice towards women.

Answer 3

benevolent

Question 4

Linda, lives in one Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs (Double Bay) and is quite happy for refugees to stay ‘where they are’, in the western suburbs. But to show that she ‘has no problem’ with these groups, she has collected some of their artworks which she displays in her living room. This is a sign of:

Answer 4

Tokenism.

Question 5

Which statement below accurately reflects ageism.

Answer 5

Negative attitudes or behaviours towards people because of their age. Not just old or young people.

Question 6

The last slide of Topic 7.4 shows three people in an office with ‘thought bubbles’. What concept does this slide illustrate?

Answer 6

Attributional ambiguity.

Question 7

Imagine a person who believes that the large majority of asylum-seekers come (or came) to Australia by boat and, based on this ‘fact’, has a prejudice against people who arrive in this way. From the lecture, you would know that this prejudice is based on …….. (pick the most relevant answer to this question).

Answer 7

False beliefs.

Question 8

With respect to the ‘summary of in-group / out-group reactions’, which of the below does not belong to in-groups?

Answer 8

Homogeneity (they’re all same)

Question 9

Latané and Darley attempted to explain people’s failure to intervene in cases like that of Kitty Genovese, a woman who was violently attacked, in terms of:

Answer 9

Situational influences.

Question 10

According to the bystander effect:

Answer 10

We are less likely to help others when others are present.