Module 43: Antisocial Relations

Who is MOST likely to have high levels of testosterone?

Richard, who is 25 years old and has a wide face

When a police officer pulls over a car because the driver is an African-American male in an expensive car, the police officer has committed:

a microaggression.

Mr. Rogers thinks that all teenagers are reckless, promiscuous, irresponsible delinquents. Mr. Rogers appears to be associating qualities that are unrelated to the objective evidence that define all members of this particular age group. Mr. Rogers is demonstrating:

a stereotype.

Seven-year-old Marcus' parents use a lot of harsh physical punishment and verbal intimidation to control his behavior. Studies have shown that if his parents continue this type of discipline Marcus is more likely to:

demonstrate delinquent behavior in the future.

Janie is amazed how Jim can recognize and identify people who are of Asian ethnic groups, while she really struggles with this type of identification. One can assume from this example that Jim:

has more experience interacting with Asian people

The correlation between temperature and the likelihood that Major League Baseball batters will be hit by pitched balls is:

positive.

Attitude is to action as _____ is to _____.

prejudice; discrimination

Evidence shows that people exhibit heightened levels of prejudice when they are economically frustrated. This offers support for the _____ theory.

scapegoat

A 14-year-old student slams a 13-year-old into a metal locker. A 15-year-old student spreads a cruel rumor about a classmate. Based on this information, who of these students is being aggressive?

Both the 14-year-old and the 15-year-old are being aggressive.

Those perceived as different or apart from one's group are their:

outgroup.

Tim enjoys watching violent action movies and television shows on most evenings as well as listening to music with violent lyrics. When faced with real-life conflict he tends to respond with aggressive behavior because he believes that he needs to act like a man. According to social psychologists he has learned _____, which are mental tapes for how to act due to this exposure to media violence.

social scripts

This hormone circulates in the bloodstream to influence the neural systems that control aggression.

testosterone