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1
Some research indicates that merely assigning people groups based on a flip of the coin is sufficient to produce ingroup bias.
A)True
B)False
2
We are more prone to ingroup bias when our group is small and lower in status relative to the outgroup.
A)True
B)False
3
The scapegoat theory of prejudice states that discrimination has its basis in conformity.
A)True
B)False
4
The authoritarian personality is prejudiced toward Blacks but not toward other minority groups.
A)True
B)False
5
When White and Black students are shown faces of a few White and Black individuals and then asked to pick these individuals out of a photographic lineup, both White and Black students more accurately recognize the White faces than the Black.
A)True
B)False
6
People whose self-image is threatened tend to be more prejudiced.
A)True
B)False
7
The need to believe in a just world provides an explanation for why we disparage victims of injustice.
A)True
B)False
8
The term "stereotype threat" refers to a self-confirming apprehension that one's behavior will verify a negative stereotype.
A)True
B)False
9
The realistic group conflict theory states that prejudice has its basis in just-world rationalizing.
A)True
B)False
10
Stereotyped beliefs and prejudiced attitudes are sometimes by-products of normal thinking processes.
A)True
B)False
11
Ingroup bias refers to the tendency to be biased against members of one's own group.
A)True
B)False
12
The less we know about a group, the more our judgments about the group are influenced by one or two vivid cases.
A)True
B)False





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