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Social Psychology book cover
Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
Prejudice: Disliking Others

Mutliple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

A negative prejudgment of a group is
A)stereotype.
B)discrimination.
C)prejudice.
D)social belief.
2

A belief about the personal attributes of a group is
A)prejudice.
B)stereotype.
C)discrimination.
D)a false belief.
3

An unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members is
A)discrimination.
B)prejudice.
C)racism.
D)sexism.
4

In 1942, __________ percent of all Whites supported school integration.
A)more than 52
B)less than 42
C)less than 33
D)more than 66
5

In a survey of 390 colleges and universities, what percentage of Black students felt excluded from social activities
A)53
B)67
C)29
D)42
6

People's beliefs about how women and men behave are
A)gender roles.
B)gender stereotypes.
C)gender norms.
D)gender expectations.
7

In 1937, what ________ percentage of Americans said they would vote for a qualified woman?
A)6
B)33
C)18
D)24
8

Sex-selective abortions and infanticide in China and India have led to _________ missing women.
A)2 million
B)43 million
C)76 million
D)890,000
9

According to the text, stereotypes rationalize
A)racism.
B)prejudice.
C)discrimination.
D)unequal status.
10

North American Christian church members
A)express more racial prejudice than nonmembers.
B)express more racial prejudice than fundamentalist Christians.
C)express less racial prejudice than nonmembers.
D)do not express racial prejudice.
11

A self-confirming apprehension that one's behavior will verify a negative stereotype is the
A)apprehension threat.
B)scapegoat effect.
C)stereotype threat.
D)prejudice effect.
12

The "we" aspect of our self-concept is
A)group identity.
B)belief identity.
C)cognitive identity.
D)social identity.
13

Researchers who used a uniform strategy to negotiate the lowest price on a new car found that ______ were given worst price (highest).
A)White males
B)Black females
C)Black males
D)White females
14

The just world phenomenon may explain that an unemployed person is
A)in need of more education.
B)a victim of prejudice.
C)in need of help.
D)lazy.
15

A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group is
A)ingroup bias.
B)the realistic group conflict effect.
C)ethnocentrism.
D)the social identity effect.
16

The outgroup homogeneity effect is
A)a perception of outgroup members as more dissimilar to one another than are ingroup members.
B)a perception of outgroup members as more similar to one another than are ingroup members.
C)a perception of outgroup members as more prejudice towards ingroup members.
D)a perception of outgroup members as more discriminating towards ingroup members.
17

A false impression that two variables correlate is
A)variable bias.
B)false correlation.
C)two-variable false correlation.
D)illusory correlation.
18

According to the text, subtyping protects
A)biases.
B)stereotypes.
C)emotions.
D)social identity.








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