Stereotype, Prejudice or Discrimination?
Types of Biases
Cognitive Dissonance
Anxiety disorders/Mood Disorders
Psychotic/Personality Disorders
200

Saying "I don't like women" is a...

2 parts 

Prejudice-Sexist

200

Thinking someone is lazy for not showing up to class

Fundamental Attribution Error

200

Cognitive dissonance is most likely to occur when

You hold two or more inconsistent attitudes, behaviors, or cognitions

200

Anxiety Disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent ____ and ____. 

Fear and anxiety 

200

Hallucinations, Delusions and Disorganized speech are symptoms of ____. 

Schizophrenia

400

Saying "All lakers fans are lazy and stupid"

Stereotype

400

Failing a test and saying "I didn't study enough" while someone else who also failed next to you and you say to them "it's because you just aren't a good student"

Actor-Observer bias 

400

Quitting smoking because you think smoking is harmful but you do it anyway is reducing cognitive dissonance by

Changing your behavior

400

_____ disorder is a relatively continuous state of excessive, uncontrollable, and pointless worry and apprehension.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 

400

Mary has gaps in her memory and other people around her say that sometimes it feels like her personality changes so fast. She becomes from nice to rude really quickly. What is her most likely diagnosis?

Dissociative Identity Disorder

600

Avoiding interaction with a specific race because you don't like them. 

Discrimination

600

You hit the curb while driving and excused it by saying it was raining out and you couldn't see. The next day you sister is driving and she hits the curb and you call her dumb. 

Actor-Observer Bias

600

A person knows that excessive junk food is unhealthy but eats it every day and says:


→ “Honestly, junk food isn’t that bad for you.” They are reducing cognitive dissonance through

Changing their belief through rationalization/denial

600

The main feature of Bipolar and Related Disorders is...

Mania (manic episode)

600

Name a positive symptom of Schizophrenia

Hallucinations, Delusions, disorganized thinking, disorganized motor behavior.  

800

Prejudice and discrimination of individuals based solely on their sexual orientation

Homophobia

800

You win a soccer game and express how talented you are and that's why you won the game. The next week you lose a soccer game and say I didn't have enough time to go to practice last week and that's why you lost. 

Self-Serving Bias

800

A person who dislikes lying but tells a lie and later justifies it by saying “it was for a good cause” is 

Adding a new cognition

800

Safety Behaviors are part of ____ anxiety disorder. 

Social Anxiety Disorder

800

______ disorder is characterized by instability in interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, and fear of abandonment.

Borderline PD

1000
Undermining someone at work that is younger than you saying "they don't have enough experience" and they are "not smart" is 
Ageism
1000

You see an unhoused person on the street and think to yourselves "this person probably made so many bad decisions and that's why they are in the situation they are in". What bias is this?

The Just World Hypothesis 
1000

Quick come up with a cognitive dissonance example. 

Observed in person

1000

A disorder that is characterized by depressed moods most of the day nearly every day for at least two years is called _____. 


Dysthymia or Persistent Depressive Disorder 

1000

Gary is 18 years old and has a complete disregard for people's feelings. He lies, steals and even causes his younger sister harm. What PD is this?

Antisocial PD