Psych 421 Final exam Question and
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
ethnic prejudice - correct answer ✔antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization
(stereotype)
attitude
based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization
preconception
rigid and resilient
bad - correct answer ✔Prejudice is...(5)
racism - correct answer ✔a negative attitude towards a group or an individual because of race
-a lot of prejudice research (most of it) focuses on this
old-fashioned
mondern-symbolic
aversive
ambivalent - correct answer ✔4 types of racism
old-fashioned racism - correct answer ✔more blatant racism
modern-symbolic racism - correct answer ✔beliefs that portray black people as morally inferior to
white people because black people supposedly violate traditional (white) American values (hard work,
self-reliance)
-the idea that black people should not be given a status they haven't earned
, -beliefs tend to be expressed behaviorally (ex: not voting for a black candidate) that are justified on a
NON racial basis but maintain discrimination
-it's a symbolic threat/idea that black people do not experience racism much anymore so if the black
people worked harder they'd succeed
-rejects old-fashioned racism but also rejects African Americans
-no longer
-lack
-unjustified
-special favors - correct answer ✔characteristics of modern-symbolic racism:
-racial prejudice and discrimination --- --------- exist
-any remaining racial differences in economic outcomes result from black people's ----- of motivation to
work hard
-any anger they have over inequality is completely -----------
-they seek ------ --------- to get ahead rather than working
aversive racism - correct answer ✔express egalitarian beliefs, work towards racial equality, regard
themselves as non-prejudiced and non-discriminatory, but still possess negative feelings about black
people
-generally positive beliefs on a cognitive level, but negative affect (emotions) towards black people
-motivated to keep negative affect from consciousness to maintain image as unprejudiced
ambivalent racism - correct answer ✔-present in aversive racism
-there are both positive and negative feelings towards the person or group based on underlying values
-pro/anti-black attitudes
pro-black attitudes - correct answer ✔may be explained by a belief in equality and social justice
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
ethnic prejudice - correct answer ✔antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization
(stereotype)
attitude
based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization
preconception
rigid and resilient
bad - correct answer ✔Prejudice is...(5)
racism - correct answer ✔a negative attitude towards a group or an individual because of race
-a lot of prejudice research (most of it) focuses on this
old-fashioned
mondern-symbolic
aversive
ambivalent - correct answer ✔4 types of racism
old-fashioned racism - correct answer ✔more blatant racism
modern-symbolic racism - correct answer ✔beliefs that portray black people as morally inferior to
white people because black people supposedly violate traditional (white) American values (hard work,
self-reliance)
-the idea that black people should not be given a status they haven't earned
, -beliefs tend to be expressed behaviorally (ex: not voting for a black candidate) that are justified on a
NON racial basis but maintain discrimination
-it's a symbolic threat/idea that black people do not experience racism much anymore so if the black
people worked harder they'd succeed
-rejects old-fashioned racism but also rejects African Americans
-no longer
-lack
-unjustified
-special favors - correct answer ✔characteristics of modern-symbolic racism:
-racial prejudice and discrimination --- --------- exist
-any remaining racial differences in economic outcomes result from black people's ----- of motivation to
work hard
-any anger they have over inequality is completely -----------
-they seek ------ --------- to get ahead rather than working
aversive racism - correct answer ✔express egalitarian beliefs, work towards racial equality, regard
themselves as non-prejudiced and non-discriminatory, but still possess negative feelings about black
people
-generally positive beliefs on a cognitive level, but negative affect (emotions) towards black people
-motivated to keep negative affect from consciousness to maintain image as unprejudiced
ambivalent racism - correct answer ✔-present in aversive racism
-there are both positive and negative feelings towards the person or group based on underlying values
-pro/anti-black attitudes
pro-black attitudes - correct answer ✔may be explained by a belief in equality and social justice
