Lesson 1.1.5

1.1.5 Factors affecting prejudice and discrimination Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which factor is required by Allport's contact hypothesis to reduce prejudice between groups?

    • Group isolation
    • High anxiety
    • Equal status
    • Zero-sum competition

  2. Which personality type is linked to higher levels of prejudice against minority groups?

    • Type B personality
    • Internal locus
    • Authoritarian personality
    • Extraverted personality

  3. According to realistic conflict theory, which situational factor increases prejudice between groups?

    • Resource competition
    • Superordinate goals
    • Social support
    • Equal status

  4. What effect did introducing superordinate goals have in Sherif's Robbers Cave study?

    • Encouraged conformism
    • Increased hostility
    • Reduced prejudice
    • Created competition

  5. A school sets up mixed-group tasks requiring joint effort to win a prize. What does this introduce?

    • Superordinate goals
    • Social categorisation
    • Zero-sum competition
    • Right-wing authoritarianism

  6. According to psychological research, how can culture primarily influence levels of prejudice in a society?

    • Through genetic inheritance
    • Through cultural norms
    • Through cognitive capacity
    • Through biological traits

  7. Why might simple contact between two conflicting groups fail to reduce prejudice?

    • Shared superordinate goals
    • Equal status
    • Lack of cooperation
    • Institutional support

  8. What is a major methodological advantage of field studies investigating situational prejudice, such as Sherif's study?

    • High demand characteristics
    • Perfect variable control
    • Low mundane realism
    • High ecological validity

  9. How did hostility between groups change during Stage 2 of Sherif's Robbers Cave experiment?

    • Hostility decreased rapidly
    • Hostility increased rapidly
    • Hostility remained constant
    • Hostility disappeared completely

  10. Which situational factor is key to reducing prejudice according to Allport's contact hypothesis?

    • Authoritarian leadership
    • Cooperative interaction
    • Competitive tasks
    • Group segregation

  11. Which term describes an individual-difference explanation for prejudice based on personality structure?

    • Conformity
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Collectivism
    • Authoritarianism

  12. Which approach explains prejudice by combining both personality traits and situational factors?

    • Reductionist approach
    • Behaviourist approach
    • Interactionist approach
    • Biological approach

  13. According to the A level specification, how do cultural influences affect prejudice?

    • Via environmental effects
    • Via genetic inheritance
    • Via physiological traits
    • Via instinctual drives

  14. During economic hardship, prejudice often rises due to competition over which factor?

    • Cultural identity
    • Scarce resources
    • Personality traits
    • Social status

  15. Which factor describes authority support when reducing intergroup prejudice?

    • Biological factor
    • Situational factor
    • Cognitive bias
    • Personality trait

  16. Which concept best explains reduced prejudice when groups work together on a shared goal?

    • In-group favouritism
    • Authoritarian personality
    • Social categorisation
    • Superordinate goals

  17. What type of relationship do personality traits and prejudice usually show, preventing causal conclusions?

    • Correlational
    • Experimental
    • Qualitative
    • Causal

  18. According to social identity theory, what term describes a group to which an individual does not belong?

    • Reference group
    • In-group
    • Primary group
    • Out-group

  19. According to Allport, contact reduces prejudice towards an out-group when both groups have what status?

    • Subordinate status
    • Dominant status
    • Equal status
    • Unequal status

  20. According to realistic conflict theory, what situational factor causes intergroup prejudice?

    • Normative compliance
    • Authoritarian personality
    • Resource competition
    • Social identification

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