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1

Stereotypes may be:
A)negative.
B)positive.
C)overly complex.
D)both a & b
2

Various groups are more likely to be called "lazy" or "shrewd" or "cruel" with varying degrees of regularity by
A)group members.
B)nonmembers of the groups.
C)friends.
D)none of the above.
3

What would be an example of what Claude Steele calls stereotype vulnerability?
A)a person’s willingness to adopt cultural sterotypes to bolster his/her self-esteem as member of a privileged group
B)an African-American high school student’s decision not to go to college because she feels that attending college means subscribing to “white establishment” values
C)the inability of someone from a socio-economically disadvantaged ethnic group to afford legal representation in a job discrimination lawsuit
D)all of the above
4

Being a member of a particular group helps to magnify one's sense of self-esteem according to __________.
A)social identity theory
B)groupthink
C)the self-fulfilling prophesy
D)both a & c
5

Some psychologists argue that prejudice results when:
A)there is perceived competition for scarce societal resources.
B)human cognitive limitations lead us to categorize people on the basis of visually conspicuous physical features.
C)we identify strongly with a group.
D)all of the above





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