In Social Identity Theory, where did people get their social identity from?
The groups to which they belong
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What was the main aim of Tajfel's (1971) study?
To find out what the minimal conditions were for inter-group bias
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What did Tajfel's (1971) study show?
The rewards of belonging to a group & perceiving others as belonging to a different group can generate discriminative thinking
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In Wittenbrink, Judd & Park's (2001) priming study, what were the two stereotypes used?
Black & White
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What was the finding in Wittenbrink, Judd & Park's (2001) priming study?
When Black was used as a prime, P's responded to negative stereotypical words more quickly
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In which situations do stereotypes have greater effects?
All three
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In Bodenhausen's (1990) study, what factor impacted stereotyping?
The time of day
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What animal did Wegner use to illustrate the paradox of mental suppression?
White bear
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"Macrae et al (1994) found that people can suppress stereotypes in the short run, but suppression of stereotypes can lead to...?"
A rebound effect
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Lizzie believes that left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people. Whenever she meets a person that is left-handed and creative, she places greater importance on this "evidence" as it supports her belief. What is this an example of?
Confirmation bias
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Donald sees a news report about people losing their jobs. He starts to believe that he is in danger of becoming redundant. He lays awake in bed each night worrying that he is about to be fired. What is this an example of?
Availability heuristic
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What did the results from Ross & Jackson's (1991) study show?
Stereotypical expectations can influence student performance
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What should an individual do to change their negative stereotype?
Perform repeated, consistent behaviour that contradicts her stereotype
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When trying to change stereotypes, what is the best way to prevent sub-typing?
Ensuring contact involves many group members
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Which best explains the availability heuristic?
The tendency to judge the probability of a type of event occurring according to how easy it is to think of examples of it occurring.
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The confirmation bias can be described as...
Paying attention to evidence that confirms what we want to believe
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Stereotypes
All three
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In Social Identity Theory, where did people get their social identity from?
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The groups to which they belong
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What was the main aim of Tajfel's (1971) study?
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What did Tajfel's (1971) study show?
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In Wittenbrink, Judd & Park's (2001) priming study, what were the two stereotypes used?
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