Antisocial Relations

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

discrimination

Deficits in the functioning of the brain's _____ are associated with aggression.

frontal lobes

Shortly after learning he did not make it onto his high school football team, Alex vandalized the team's locker room and broke several of the school's windows. His behavior is BEST explained in terms of

frustation agression princle

Kelly is a Republican and Carlos is a Democrat. Both believe that the members of their political party are more fair-minded and trustworthy than members of any other party. This belief BEST illustrates:

ingroup bias.

The tendency to favor one's own group, the group with whom a person shares a common identity, is called:

ingroup bias.

Marian was upset because her boss promised her a raise a few weeks ago but gave the raise to Marian's rival instead. Marian told her husband that she believed "what comes around goes around" and that both will "get theirs." Marian's belief illustrates the _____ phenomenon.

just-world

Sara and a colleague are having dinner together. While they wait on their order, a Muslim family enters the restaurant, and the woman is wearing a hijab. Sara's colleague leans closer to her and says, "I am not sure how she expects to eat with all of that junk covering her face." Her colleague is demonstrating

prejudice

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

aggression

Jarvis would get angry very quickly when he was a teenager. He is now in his fifties and does not anger easily. This is because his _____ level has decreased.

testosterone

Discrimination is a negative _____, whereas prejudice is a negative

behavior; attitude

Victims of discrimination may react in ways that promote prejudice by behaving in ways that justify discrimination against them. This is referred to as the _____ dynamic

blame-the-victim