Exam 17: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Tia and Emmanuel have been dating for several months. They spend almost all their time together and enjoy each other's company as well as feeling a great deal of passion for each other. However, neither one has decided whether the other is the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. According to Robert Sternberg, which type of love do Tia and Emmanuel possess?

When a person has unconscious prejudiced thoughts and feelings about members of other ethnic groups, this is referred to as __________ prejudice.

A method of reducing prejudice in which a student receives only a small segment of the information needed to complete a project or prepare for a test and then must share with others in the group is known as the __________ classroom.

Assuming that "all only children are selfish" is an example of a

We can reduce our stress by just being around other people because affiliating with others increases the levels of which hormone?

Larry believes that members of another ethnic group are hostile and unfriendly. However, Larry tends to inadvertently treat people that belong to that ethnic group in ways that actually provoke hostile and unfriendly responses. Larry's stereotype of this ethnic group will be reinforced because Larry is unknowingly creating

Integrated housing projects may lead to an improvement in attitudes toward racial groups when they provide

Selfless, altruistic behavior has been shown to lead to

Any behavior that has a negative impact on other people is referred to as

To limit one's anger, it helps to learn how to avoid problematic situations or think differently about them in the first place.

Scapegoating is a type of

Prosocial behavior is any behavior that has a positive impact on other people, while antisocial behavior is any behavior that has a negative impact on other people.

Melissa has always tended to be rather suspicious of others, aloof, and skeptical of love. She tends to see others as either unreliable or too eager to commit to a relationship. Thus, Melissa finds it very hard to completely trust and depend on others. She actually gets nervous when anyone gets too close emotionally. According to the research on dating couples, Melissa would be described as having which attachment pattern?

Regarding social learning theory and aggression, which of the following statements is TRUE?

According to which theory did mating preferences develop in response to the differing reproductive challenges that faced the earliest humans, leaving an imprint that influences male and female mating patterns today?

According to Sternberg, friends who presently enjoy spending time together but do not feel passion for each other and are not determined to go to great lengths to stay in a long-term relationship with each other are experiencing which type of love?

Regarding Sternberg's triangular theory of love, infatuated love involves

The determination to stay in a long-term relationship with another person is known as

Antisocial behaviors include which of the following?

In his research on stereotype threat, Steele found that when African-American college students were told that a task to be performed was a laboratory problem-solving task and not a test of academic ability, their performance was