Author Question: Assume you have a negative stereotype of fraternity/sorority members as stuck-up. Given an IAT ... (Read 496 times)

ssal · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Assume you have a negative stereotype of fraternity/sorority members as stuck-up.

Given an IAT with photos labeled fraternity member or independent, and paired with the word bad or good, your responses to the fraternity member/bad combination would likely be ________ than to independent/bad combinations. a) slower
b) more forced
c) quicker
d) more mixed

Question 2

Walter has just watched the news of Hurricane Irene, including an interview with a man who is standing in knee-deep water in his basement. Walter decides to go to the store, and on his way sees a stranded motorist.

The negative state relief model predicts that Walter will ________. a) keep driving because on a bad day like today he can't begin to deal with one more problem
b) keep driving because the motorist is a member of his in-group
c) stop and try to help in order to alleviate his own negative feelings
d) stop and try to help because he might as well wallow in his negative feelings