PSYC 140 Final Exam

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. According to the text, stereotypes are resistant to change because a. For the most part they are accurate reflections of reality b. Our prejudgments influence how we interpret and process informat... ion c. They are always based in an authoritarian attitude, which is blind to disconfirming evidence d. They are held by people with low intelligence 2. When low-prejudiced people are aware of the gap between how they should respond and how they do respond to outgroup members, they primarily a. Feel guilty b. Feel angry c. Feel hopeless d. All of the above 3. When Ian Ayres and his colleagues visited Chicago area car dealers and used a uniform strategy to negotiate the lowest price on a new car, dealers charged the highest average price. a. White males b. White females c. Black males d. Black females 4. Stereotype threat research has confirmed that stereotypes can performance. a. Negative; inhibit b. Positive; facilitate c. Both A and B are true d. None of the above are true 5. Hamilton and Rose’s (1980) research in which students read sentences describing accountants, doctors, and salespeople reveals that a. Preexisting stereotypes lead us to “see” correlations that do not exist b. Vivid information is irrelevant to occupational stereotypes c. Positive information is better remembered if it describes doctors d. Distinctive information is ignored in forming impressions 6. Jeremy’s belief that earthquake victims are being punished by God for their own sins best illustrates a. Gause’s law b. The just-world phenomenon c. Ingroup bias d. Stereotype vulnerability 7. Tawanda is upset with Tina. During a social gathering she verbally cut Tina down in front of others. Tawanda’s behavior was a. Assertive b. Manipulative c. Aggressive d. An example of displacement [Show More]

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