Prejudicial Attitudes Create Fear and Self-Consciousness Among Stereotyped Group Members

question 70

Multiple Choice

Prejudicial attitudes create fear and self-consciousness among stereotyped group members that they will confirm other people's negative attitudes. This is considered _________________.

• A)stereotype threat
• B)the self-fulfilling prophecy
• C)deindividuation
• D)the out-group homogeneity bias

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Definitions:

Legitimate Avenues

Recognized or socially accepted ways of achieving goals, often contrasting with illegitimate methods that involve breaking societal rules.

Deviant Methods

Behaviors or actions that fall outside the normative standards or expectations of a society or community.

Criminogenic

Pertaining to or likely to cause criminal behavior.

Conflict Theorists

Sociologists who focus on social, political, or material inequalities of a social group, analyzing the social and political power dynamics that give rise to conflict and change.