Diversity and Social Justice Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Diversity and Social Justice explores the complex relationships among identity, power, and systemic inequality within society. The course examines the historical and social construction of categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and religion, alongside the experiences and challenges faced by diverse communities. Students will engage with theories and practices of social justice, analyze institutional and cultural power dynamics, and consider strategies for creating more equitable and inclusive environments. Through critical discussions, case studies, and reflective assignments, participants develop the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize, understand, and address issues of oppression and privilege in contemporary contexts.
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Understanding the Psychology of Diversity 3rd Edition by B. Evan Blaine
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Psychology of Diversity
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Q1) Body size is an important dimension of diversity because
A)Body size influences self-image
B)Prejudice against obese people is widespread
C)Obesity is associated with loss of social status
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Social statisticians approach the study of diversity focusing on _____.
A)Diversity as a demographic concern
B)Diversity as a political concern
C)Diversity as an ideological concern
Answer: A
Q3) Able-bodied people underestimate the prevalence of disabled people in their communities.This illustrates that:
A)The individual is a social perceiver.
B)The individual is a social actor.
Answer: A
Q4) Diversity usually refers to social differences,or differences among people.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Categorization and Stereotyping: Cognitive Processes
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Q1) Which statement is not true about social categorization? Social categorization:
A)Always operates automatically.
B)Economizes social thinking.
C)Frees up resources for other cognitive tasks.
D)Guides social judgments.
Answer: B
Q2) Banaji and Hardin 1996)found that participants made faster associations between gendered role words father,nurse)and gendered pronouns his,her)when:
A)The words were gender inconsistent.
B)The words were gender consistent.
Answer: B
Q3) Social groups that we are not members of are called:
A)Ingroups
B)Outgroups
C)Reference groups
Answer: B
Q4) Stereotypes contain more situational than dispositional content.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Stereotypes Expressed: Social Processes That
Shape Diversity
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Q1) Parents' expectations for their child's behavior can accumulate over time to produce a self-fulfilling prophecy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) To find empirical evidence for the self-fulfilling prophecy in student's academic performance in 5<sup>th</sup> grade,researchers must control for:
A)The 5<sup>th</sup> grade teacher's knowledge of the student's 4<sup>th</sup> grade work
B)The teacher's tendency to grade the student's 5<sup>th</sup> grade work in a way that is consistent with his/her expectations for that student.
C)The student's motivation to do well in 5<sup>th</sup> grade.
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Prejudice: Evaluating Social Difference
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Q1) Give an example of a modern expression of prejudice and explain which form of modern prejudice it illustrates.
Q2) Explain the stereotype content model and its dimensions.
Q3) Which statement best illustrates "blaming the victim"?
A)Obese people are caught in a toxic food culture.
B)Unemployed people are victims of a bad economy.
C)Poor people are not ambitious and resourceful.
D)Drug addicted people have been ensnared by poverty and hopelessness.
Q4) According to the stereotype content model,stereotypes of Jews are marked by:
A)Low warmth and low competence
B)Low warmth and high competence
C)High warmth and low competence
D)High warmth and high competence
Q5) In aversive prejudice,people have negative attitudes toward outgroup members,but also affirm egalitarian values.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Compare and contrast right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation in their relation to prejudice.
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Chapter 6: Understanding Gender Stereotypes and Sexism
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Q1) Distinguish between hostile and benevolent sexism.
Q2) Gender bias works in favor of women when they are applying for stereotypically female jobs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If men were placed in follower,rather than leader,roles as consistently as women are,they would develop better ability at reading nonverbal behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which characteristic best fits the cultural stereotype of men?
A)Sociable
B)Independent
C)Nurturant
D)Helpful
Q5) What do we learn about the presumed differences between men and women from TV advertisements? Give some examples and how those examples reflect gender stereotypes.
Q6) Studies show that women and men do not differ in math achievement.So why are women underrepresented in STEM science,technology,engineering & math)field?
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Chapter 7: Understanding Sex Stereotypes and Heterosexism
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Q1) Sexual orientation refers to whether someone is gay or straight.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to 2010 U.S.Census data,approximately what percentage of Americans believes that sex between same-sex individuals is not at all wrong?
A)40%
B)20%
C)10%
Q3) Explain what the questioning and allied identities in LGBTQA add to our understanding of sexual minority categories and to the experience of sexual minorities?
Q4) What is the difference between sexual stigma and sexual prejudice?
Q5) Internalized sexual stigma is associated with:
A)less "outness" to family.
B)awareness that being gay is a liability.
C)negative affect.
D)all of these.
Q6) Explain the components of sexual orientation and their interdependence.
Q7) Describe erotophobia.How is it related to heterosexism?
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Chapter 8: Understanding Obesity Stereotypes and Weightism
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Q1) Obese employees are paid the same as thin employees with the same job.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which is NOT consistent with the current research regarding portrayals of overweight and obese people on television?
A)Obese characters have appropriate representation on television.
B)Obese characters on television tend to be the butt of jokes.
C)Obese characters on television tend to make negative comments about their own size.
D)Obese characters on television tend to be portrayed as unhappy or unattractive.
Q3) Discuss three strategies that overweight or obese people might use to cope with others' prejudice.
Q4) What are some of the goals of the size acceptance movement? What is the value of the movement for battling obesity prejudice?
Q5) A study found that obese college students received less financial support from their families than did their ideal-weight siblings.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Understanding Age Stereotypes and Ageism
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Q1) Find the subjective age of a parent or family member and discuss what the discrepancy between their actual and subjective age means for them.
Q2) Describe elderspeak.
Q3) Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,mandatory retirement is illegal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Physical characteristics are the most common type of trait in the stereotype of older people.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the challenges faced by an older worker who loses his/her job.
Q6) What does research say are the effects of elderspeak on the attitudes and behavior of older people?
Q7) Negative age-related attitudes are just as high,or higher,in older people than in younger people.
A)True B)False
Q8) Describe ageism.
Q9) What is successful aging?
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Chapter 10: Social Stigma: the Experience of Prejudice
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Q1) Stigmatized people must deal with the fact that their attribute arouses suspicion in others as to their competence and worthiness.This is most consistent with what consequence of stigma?
A)mindfulness
B)stereotype threat
C)courtesy stigma
Q2) Does having multiple stigmatized identities lead to more negative outcomes than having a single stigmatized identity? Discuss.
Q3) How is it stressful to have the experience of negative stereotypes "in the air?"
Q4) Describe the ambivalence in our reactions to stigmatized people.
Q5) What does it mean to say that a stigmatizing mark is high in peril?
Q6) Being "found out" by others as having a disliked or negatively stereotyped characteristic is most consistent with which conceptualization of stigma?
A)Stigma is situationally determined.
B)Stigma is a mismatch of identities.
C)Stigma is an attribute-stereotype connection.
D)Stigma is being the object of ambivalence.
Q7) What is the difference between one's actual and virtual identities?
Q8) Discuss two ways that stereotype threat undermines academic performance.
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Chapter 11: Coping With Social Stigma
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Q1) The use of strategies to cope with the consequences of stigma is called:
A)stigma management.
B)stigma consciousness.
C)stereotype threat.
D)master status attribute.
Q2) Self-promotion attempts usually fail because the person is too focused on their stigma.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How does acceptance and commitment therapy approach the treatment of depression,anxiety,and other unhealthy responses to others' stereotyping and prejudice?
Q4) Describe 1 stigma-management strategy for protecting one's psychological well-being.
Q5) For stigmatized people,the chief problem is in gaining social acceptance. A)True
B)False
Q6) Being the object of others' help and sympathy can damage one's self-esteem. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Responding to Social Inequality: Behavioral and Cognitive
Interventions for Reducing Prejudice
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Q1) How are the contact hypothesis and cross-categorization complementary prejudice-reduction interventions?
Q2) Taking another person's perspective and imagining their life circumstances best fits:
A)Cognitive empathy
B)Emotional empathy
C)Social empathy
Q3) Personal contact with outgroup members makes us:
A)More informed of their life circumstances
B)More threatened by them
C)Less judgmental of them
D)A and C
E)All of the above
Q4) Becoming aware of and trying to control your own prejudices:
A)Arouses guilt
B)Increases anxiety
C)Can be effective
D)All of the above
Q5) What is the difference between cognitive and emotional empathy?
Q6) What is the contact hypothesis?
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