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Social Cognition and Prejudice

Description: This quiz will test your understanding of social cognition and prejudice, including topics such as stereotypes, discrimination, and intergroup conflict.
Number of Questions: 15
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What is the term for the tendency to attribute positive characteristics to members of one's own group and negative characteristics to members of other groups?

  1. In-group favoritism

  2. Out-group homogeneity

  3. Stereotyping

  4. Discrimination


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Stereotyping is the tendency to attribute certain characteristics to a group of people based on their membership in that group, regardless of whether or not those characteristics are actually true of all members of the group.

What is the term for the tendency to discriminate against members of other groups?

  1. In-group favoritism

  2. Out-group homogeneity

  3. Stereotyping

  4. Discrimination


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group based on their membership in a particular category, such as race, gender, or religion.

What is the term for the tendency to view members of other groups as being more similar to each other than they actually are?

  1. In-group favoritism

  2. Out-group homogeneity

  3. Stereotyping

  4. Discrimination


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Out-group homogeneity is the tendency to view members of other groups as being more similar to each other than they actually are, while members of one's own group are seen as being more diverse.

What is the term for the tendency to favor members of one's own group over members of other groups?

  1. In-group favoritism

  2. Out-group homogeneity

  3. Stereotyping

  4. Discrimination


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In-group favoritism is the tendency to favor members of one's own group over members of other groups, even when the members of the other group are more deserving.

What is the term for the belief that one's own group is superior to other groups?

  1. Ethnocentrism

  2. Xenophobia

  3. Racism

  4. Sexism


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture or group is superior to all others.

What is the term for the fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners?

  1. Ethnocentrism

  2. Xenophobia

  3. Racism

  4. Sexism


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Xenophobia is the fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

What is the term for the belief that one race is superior to another?

  1. Ethnocentrism

  2. Xenophobia

  3. Racism

  4. Sexism


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another.

What is the term for the belief that one sex is superior to another?

  1. Ethnocentrism

  2. Xenophobia

  3. Racism

  4. Sexism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sexism is the belief that one sex is superior to another.

What is the term for the process by which people learn about and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of their culture?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Socialization is the process by which people learn about and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of their culture.

What is the term for the process by which people learn about and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a new culture?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Acculturation is the process by which people learn about and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a new culture.

What is the term for the process by which people adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Assimilation is the process by which people adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society.

What is the term for the process by which people maintain their own culture while also adopting some of the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Integration


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Integration is the process by which people maintain their own culture while also adopting some of the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society.

What is the term for the process by which people reject the beliefs, values, and behaviors of their own culture and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a new culture?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Separation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Separation is the process by which people reject the beliefs, values, and behaviors of their own culture and adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a new culture.

What is the term for the process by which people maintain their own culture while also rejecting the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Marginalization


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Marginalization is the process by which people maintain their own culture while also rejecting the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society.

What is the term for the process by which people adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society while also maintaining some of their own cultural beliefs, values, and behaviors?

  1. Socialization

  2. Enculturation

  3. Acculturation

  4. Biculturalism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Biculturalism is the process by which people adopt the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a society while also maintaining some of their own cultural beliefs, values, and behaviors.

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