Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Psychology
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This course explores the psychological concepts of race, ethnicity, and culture, examining their impacts on individual identity, development, and mental health. Students will analyze how cultural background and social constructs shape perceptions, behaviors, and interactions, as well as how these factors influence psychological research and practice. The course covers topics such as multicultural competence, prejudice and discrimination, acculturation, and the interplay of intersectional identities. By integrating theoretical frameworks with real-world applications, students gain a deeper understanding of diversity and the importance of culturally informed approaches within the field of psychology.
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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) Give an example of how the diversity of your social environment shapes how you think about yourself or act.
Answer: One example of how the diversity of my social environment shapes how I think about myself or act is through exposure to different cultural perspectives. For instance, growing up in a diverse community has allowed me to interact with people from various backgrounds and learn about their traditions, values, and beliefs. This exposure has broadened my understanding of the world and has influenced the way I approach and appreciate different cultures.
As a result, I have developed a more open-minded and accepting attitude towards others, and have become more aware of my own cultural identity. This has also influenced the way I communicate and interact with people from different backgrounds, as I am more conscious of cultural differences and strive to be respectful and inclusive in my interactions.
Overall, the diversity of my social environment has played a significant role in shaping my perspective on myself and others, and has encouraged me to embrace and celebrate the richness of diversity in our society.
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Chapter 2: Categorization and Stereotyping: Cognitive Processes
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Q1) Which interaction goal did Richeson and Ambady 2001)find diminished stereotyping?
A)Evaluate their partner
B)Allow their partner to evaluate them
C)Cooperate with their partner
D)Compete with their partner
Answer: C
Q2) Cultural stereotypes are most often instilled through:
A)Personal exposure to members of that group.
B)Distinctive behavior from members of that group.
C)Socialization through parents,friends,and the media.
D)All of the above.
Answer: C
Q3) 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) Madon and her colleagues 1998)found that teachers' judgments of boys and girls classroom _____ were based on accurate assessments of their abilities,but their judgments of their _____ reflected gender stereotypes.
A)Performance;effort
B)Effort;performance
Answer: A
Q2) Stereotypes shape our communication with members of the stereotyped group in stereotype-consistent ways.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Teachers' negative expectations are more likely to form a self-fulfilling prophecy than their positive expectations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Prejudice: Evaluating Social Difference
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Unjustified negative judgment of a person based on his or her social group identity is:
A)Prejudice
B)Stereotyping
C)Discrimination
D)All of the above
Q3) Prejudice refers to negative evaluations of other based on visible identities such as race and age
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has found that physicians' ____ prejudice predicts racial bias in their care of Black and White patients.
A)Implicit
B)Explicit
C)Both types of prejudice predicted bias
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Chapter 6: Understanding Gender Stereotypes and Sexism
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Q1) 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
Q2) Studies show that women and men do not differ in math achievement.So why are women underrepresented in STEM science,technology,engineering & math)field?
Q3) What are self-construals? How are men's or women's self-construals shaped by gender stereotypes?
Q4) Distinguish between the glass ceiling and the maternal wall.How are both expressions of sexism?
Q5) Current data on the gender pay gap shows that,in 2010,women's median weekly earnings were about ____ of men's median weekly earnings.
A)40%
B)60%
C)80%
D)Men's and women's earnings are the same.
Q6) Distinguish between paternalistic and envious stereotypes.
Q7) Describe the gender pay gap and explain how income entitlement is related to it.
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Chapter 7: Understanding Sex Stereotypes and Heterosexism
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Q1) Which of these statements is not associated with heterosexism?
A)Seeing sexual orientation as inherited.
B)Seeing sexual orientation as an either-or status.
C)Believing homosexuality is a modern movement.
D)Believing one can change one's sexual orientation.
Q2) According to research,which subgroup of gay men is most threatening to traditional male sex roles?
A)cross-dresser/leather/biker gay male
B)artistic/straight-acting gay male
C)effeminate gay male
D)all of these are equally threatening.
Q3) Describe how right-wing authoritarianism is related to homosexism.
Q4) Heterosexism and erotophobia are related in men.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Apart from age,one of the strongest predictors of sexual prejudice is right-wing authoritarianism.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) Describe erotophobia.How is it related to heterosexism?
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Chapter 8: Understanding Obesity Stereotypes and Weightism
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Q1) According to research,in 1998,obese women's earning power was about ______ of their thin counterpart.
A)90%
B)75%
C)60%
Q2) What is the role of perceived controllability in others' judgments of obese people?
Q3) Which statement is most consistent with the coping strategy of devaluing?
A)Saying that a negative outcome was due to others' prejudice.
B)Using humor or wit to pre-empt others' prejudice.
C)Wearing loose-fitting clothing to minimize the impact of one's weight.
D)Saying that thinness or popularity isn't as important as other values.
Q4) Hiring practices e.g. ,job interviews)discriminate against obese job applicants primarily because of employment managers':
A)implicit weight prejudice.
B)explicit weight prejudice.
C)both A and B.
Q5) What are some of the goals of the size acceptance movement? What is the value of the movement for battling obesity prejudice?
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Chapter 9: Understanding Age Stereotypes and Ageism
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Q1) Among older characters on television,who is portrayed more negatively?
A)older men
B)older women
C)Both groups are portrayed equally negatively.
Q2) Negative age-related attitudes are just as high,or higher,in older people than in younger people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Elderspeak features:
A)basic vocabulary.
B)slow speech rate.
C)pitch variations.
D)all of these.
Q4) In one experiment by Eibach and his colleagues 2010),participants who were made to feel like their eyesight was deficient,compared with a control group,reported:
A)taking longer to read the passage.
B)more negative mood.
C)feeling 10 years older.
D)all of these.
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Chapter 10: Social Stigma: the Experience of Prejudice
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Q1) How is it stressful to have the experience of negative stereotypes "in the air?"
Q2) Does having multiple stigmatized identities lead to more negative outcomes than having a single stigmatized identity? Discuss.
Q3) Discuss the trade-offs in having a visible compared to an invisible social flaw for psychological well-being.
Q4) Blame and judgment would be most likely associated with reactions to someone with:
A)colon cancer.
B)lung cancer.
C)breast cancer.
D)prostate cancer.
Q5) What are the most common consequences of stereotype threat?
A)stereotyped students work harder
B)stereotyped students feel anxiety
C)stereotyped students devalue achievement
D)both B and C
E)all of these
Q6) Discuss two ways that stereotype threat undermines academic performance.
Q7) Describe the ambivalence in our reactions to stigmatized people.
Q8) What does it mean to say that a stigmatizing mark is high in peril?
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Chapter 11: Coping With Social Stigma
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Q1) For stigmatized people,the chief problem is in gaining social acceptance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe 1 stigma-management strategy for protecting one's psychological well-being.
Q3) Stigma can lead to physical illness because experiencing stigma elicits a stress response.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which is NOT a strategy for gaining social acceptance?
A)passing
B)withdrawal
C)self-promotion
D)all are strategies for gaining social acceptance
Q5) Self-affirmation has been shown to
A)build up a person's self-worth.
B)increase academic success in African American students.
C)increase cognitive performance in low-income individuals.
D)all of these.
Q6) Define a master status attribute.
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Chapter 12: Responding to Social Inequality: Behavioral and Cognitive
Interventions for Reducing Prejudice
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Q1) Which works better to reducing your own automatic prejudice?
A)Refuting your own stereotypic beliefs.
B)Affirming counterstereotypic beliefs.
C)Both work equally well.
Q2) How are the contact hypothesis and cross-categorization complementary prejudice-reduction interventions?
Q3) What is the contact hypothesis?
Q4) The contact hypothesis only has direct effects.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Cross-categorization makes you feel more similar to outgroup members.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Which condition is necessary for the contact hypothesis to reduce intergroup anxiety?
A)Contact must be with a lower-status person.
B)Contact must involve working toward a common goal.
C)Contact must involve multiple members of the outgroup.
D)Contact must be direct.
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