Psyc1-LearningCurve Module 36.
Nineteen-year-old Tom has spent five hours a day playing violent video games since he was eight years old. According to research on the effects of violent video game usage, one can predict that Tom will MOST likely:
display desensitization to violent images, as shown by blunted brain responses on an fMRI.
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.
Bullying younger children earns Diego the attention and respect of many classmates. As a result, his bullying behavior increases. This MOST clearly suggests that his aggression is a(n):
learned response.
_____ is an unjustifiable, usually negative, attitude toward a group and its members.
Prejudice
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.
Some American citizens living in a depressed Texas town on the Rio Grande blame undocumented individuals for depressing wages and taking jobs. The citizens therefore support harsh roundup and deportation measures. This is BEST explained by _____ theory.
scapegoat
What is a good predictor of adolescent male aggressiveness?
the experience of father absence
One analysis revealed that pitchers were more likely to hit batters when the previous batter had hit a home run. This BEST illustrates:
the frustration-aggression principle.
During a Girl Scout picnic, Lavinia was randomly selected to be on one baseball team and Carla on the opposing team. Before the game started, Lavinia and Carla were each convinced that her team was the better one. The girls' beliefs BEST illustrate:
an ingroup bias.
Kelly is a Republican, and Carlos is a Democrat. Both believe that the members of their own political party are more fair-minded and trustworthy than members of any other party. This belief BEST illustrates:
an ingroup bias.
Discrimination is a negative _____, whereas prejudice is a negative _____.
behavior; attitude
Chuck has just moved into a new neighborhood. This new neighborhood is full of people addicted to drugs who live in rundown houses in horrible condition. He often sees them on the street struggling to find food and shivering through the cold winter. When his friend asks him if he feels bad seeing these people suffer he replies, "Good people don't end up that way, so I don't feel bad for them." Chuck's attitude BEST illustrates:
the just-world phenomenon.
Roger recently lost his job and believes that it is a result of the increase in Mexican immigrants. He is demonstrating:
the scapegoat theory.