Psych/Soc · 8B

Social thinking and prejudice

Content category 8B. 11 questions in 2 sets, each with reasoning for every answer choice.

Set 1 · Attribution

  1. Just-world hypothesiseasy
  2. Actor–observer bias vs. fundamental attribution errormedium
  3. Culture and the fundamental attribution errormedium
  4. Kelley's covariation modelhard
  5. Cultural relativism vs. ethnocentrismeasy

Set 2 · Prejudice and stereotypes

  1. In-group favoritism: the minimal group paradigmmedium
  2. Stereotype vs. prejudice vs. discriminationeasy
  3. Stereotype threat vs. self-fulfilling prophecymedium
  4. Reducing prejudice: the contact hypothesismedium
  5. Self-fulfilling prophecy (Pygmalion effect)easy
  6. False consensus effectmedium