CD 074: CHAPTER 14 KEY TERMS

What is the definition of Bias?

• Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

• A prejudice in favor or against something, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• An oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

• Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

Answer explanation

Bias is defined as a prejudice in favor or against something, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

What is Implicit Bias?

• A prejudice in favor or against something, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• An oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

• Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

• Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

Answer explanation

Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

What is a Stereotype?

• A prejudice in favor or against something, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

• Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

• An oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

Answer explanation

A stereotype is an oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

What is Stereotype Threat?

• A prejudice in favor or against something, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

• Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

• An oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

Answer explanation

Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

What is a Racialized Society?

• A society where social relationships and structures are significantly influenced by racial categorizations.

• Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

• An oversimplified generalized belief about a particular category of people.

• Anxiety or concern experienced in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.

Answer explanation

A Racialized Society is defined as a society where social relationships and structures are significantly influenced by racial categorizations.

What is the process of learning about other people called?

• Social Categorization

• Nonverbal Behavior

• Person Perception

• Intersectionality

Answer explanation

The process of learning about other people is called Person Perception, which involves forming impressions and making judgments about individuals based on their behavior, traits, and characteristics.

Which of the following is NOT a type of nonverbal behavior?

• Facial expressions

• Body language

• Speaking

• Interpersonal distance

Answer explanation

Speaking is the correct choice as it is a verbal behavior, not a nonverbal behavior like facial expressions, body language, and interpersonal distance.

What is the natural cognitive process by which we place individuals into social groups?

• Person Perception

• Social Categorization

• Intersectionality

• In-Group

Answer explanation

Social Categorization is the natural cognitive process by which we place individuals into social groups.

What concept explains that social categorizations like race, class, and gender are interconnected and affect experiences and opportunities?

• Person Perception

• Nonverbal Behavior

• Social Categorization

• Intersectionality

Answer explanation

Intersectionality is the concept that explains how social categorizations like race, class, and gender are interconnected and influence experiences and opportunities.

What is a group to which a person identifies as being a member called?

• Out-Group

• In-Group

• Social Categorization

• Person Perception

Answer explanation

A group to which a person identifies as being a member is called an In-Group. This term refers to the group with which an individual shares a sense of belonging and identity.