Psychology Module 37

_____ can be defined as any physical or verbal behavior that is intended to hurt or destroy.

Aggression

Clay would get angry very quickly when he was a teenager. Now he is in his fifties and it takes a lot to make him angry. What has changed?

Clay's levels of the hormone testosterone have decreased.

_____ is demonstrated when ride-share customers of color are treated more poorly by drivers than are white customers.

Discrimination

Suppose a researcher creates a measure of anti-LGBTQ prejudice. High scores indicate greater prejudice. The researcher should find a _____ correlation between scores on this measure among a sample of straight people and the suicide rate among gays and lesbians in the same community.

Positive

Discrimination is a negative _____, whereas prejudice is a negative _____.

behavior; attitude

Recently Tanya has been caught in heavy traffic when traveling to and from work. This situation has caused her to arrive to work late and arrive home at a much later time than normal. When she comes home, she slams the front door and tends to yell more at her children and husband over things that are rather insignificant. This behavior can BEST be explained by the:

frustration-aggression principle.

People may unconsciously harbor negative racial associations. This BEST illustrates the subtle nature of:

implicit prejudice.

The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get is called the:

just-world phenomenon.

After watching violent pornographic movies on late-night cable television, Myron will probably be:

more likely to treat women in a punitive manner.

Compared with nongaming individuals, people with extensive exposure to violent video gaming display _____ desensitization to violence, and they are _____ likely to help an injured victim.

more; less

Attitude is to action as _____ is to _____.

prejudice and discrimination

Mark was pretty aggressive when he was in his early twenties. At the drop of a hat, he became angry and was quick to act violently. Now Mark is 60 years old and is much calmer than he was back then. Mark's levels of the hormone _____ have _____.

testosterone; decreased

The belief that an individual "must have done *something*" to be arrested by law enforcement officers BEST illustrates:

the just-world phenomenon.

After the events of 9/11, some Americans began boycotting Arab American stores and lashing out at any Middle Eastern person they saw. This behavior is BEST explained in terms of:

the scapegoat theory.