Based on Experiments Presented in Your Text (Leippe & Eisenstadt

question 153

Multiple Choice

Based on experiments presented in your text (Leippe & Eisenstadt, 1994; 1998) , when white participants experienced dissonance after writing essays in favor of doubling scholarship funds for minority students, how did many of them relieve the dissonance?

• A) By showing support for racist organizations
• B) By showing lower prejudicial attitudes
• C) By later telling the experimenter they didn't really believe in what they'd written
• D) By seeking to befriend and date minorities

Appreciate the role of behavioral programs in therapy and how they contrast with more traditional psychoanalytic and humanistic approaches.

Understand the concept of ingroup bias, common ingroup identity, and their effects on intergroup relations.

Analyze the effectiveness of the jigsaw classroom in reducing prejudice and promoting cooperation.

Explain the significance of superordinate goals in reducing intergroup conflict as demonstrated by the Robber's Cave Study.

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Definitions:

Split-Off Point

In a production process, the stage at which jointly processed products become individually identifiable and able to be separated into distinct products.

Weighted Average Method

This inventory costing method calculates the cost of goods sold and ending inventory balance using the average cost of all similar items in inventory, weighted by the number of units.

Physical Units Method

An inventory costing method that allocates expenses based on the physical units produced or available, commonly used for homogeneous products.

Actual Physical Units

Actual physical units refer to the tangible quantity of items produced, held in inventory, or sold, as measured by physical count.