A key theoretical concern that Tropp and Pettigrew try to resolve with their meta-analysis is whether intergroup contact reduces prejudice not only toward the out-group interactants but also to the larger out-group.
a. true
b. false
Question 2Many years ago Gregg Carter was on a European vacation; while sitting in the main Frankfurt bus terminal, he noticed a young man wearing a Sigma Chi t-shirt; being a Sigma Chi himself, Gregg approached him and started a conversation.
In less than a minute, they had established that the room-mate of the young man wearing the t-shirt was Gregg's fraternity advisor at UNLV. This is a classic confirmation of Milgram's small-world research.
a. true
b. false
Question 3The monsoon weather patterns permit Indian farmers to share draft (plow-pulling) animals.
a. true
b. false
Question 4Much quantitative research on mental hospitals reveals that the mental hospital commitment process is seriously debilitating and that the behavior of patients tends to degrade until they are released.
a. true
b. false
Question 5Rosenhan's study of adolescent self-esteem revealed that adolescents
__________.
a. raised in contexts in which they are sociological deviant have higher levels of self-esteem
b. raised in contexts in which they have social characteristics unlike those of most others around them have higher levels of self-esteem
c. raised in contexts where they are unlike most of those around them will tend to find themselves flawed when social comparisons are made
d. with low self-esteem used drugs and alcohol more than those with high self-esteem
e. both a & d
Question 6Which type of society is primarily fabricating?
a. industrial
b. post-industrial
c. pre-industrial
d. democratic
e. totalitarian
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