Question 1

Regarding televised violence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) TV violence is sanitized. 
B) TV violence is portrayed as acceptable. 
C) TV portrays violence as leading to success. 
D) TV violence is realistic. 
A) TV violence is sanitized. 
B) TV violence is portrayed as acceptable. 
C) TV portrays violence as leading to success. 
D) TV violence is realistic.

Question 2

_____ theorists predict that people growing up in nonaggressive cultures will be nonaggressive, while those raised in cultures with aggressive heroes and other aggressive models will develop aggressive responses.

Accepted Answer

A) Ethological 
B) Social learning 
C) Humanistic 
D) Psychoanalytical 
A) Ethological 
B) Social learning 
C) Humanistic 
D) Psychoanalytical

Question 3

Some prejudices are thought to result from _____ which is a type of displaced aggression.

Accepted Answer

A) projection 
B) discrimination 
C) scapegoating 
D) authoritarianism 
A) projection 
B) discrimination 
C) scapegoating 
D) authoritarianism

Question 4

Prejudicial attitudes held toward persons who are perceived as a direct threat to one's own interests are referred to as a(n) _____ prejudice.

Accepted Answer

A) personal 
B) institutional 
C) stereotyped 
D) reference group 
A) personal 
B) institutional 
C) stereotyped 
D) reference group

Question 5

According to psychologists Conor Seyle and Matthew Newman, using a purple American map rather than a red versus blue one

Accepted Answer

A) would highlight the fact that Americans of all political persuasions share more similarities than they do differences when compared to citizens of other countries. 
B) would be more tolerant and less polarizing. 
C) might result in a more productive national discussion about the important issues facing America today. 
D) would result in all of these situations. 
A) would highlight the fact that Americans of all political persuasions share more similarities than they do differences when compared to citizens of other countries. 
B) would be more tolerant and less polarizing. 
C) might result in a more productive national discussion about the important issues facing America today. 
D) would result in all of these situations.

Question 6

A good antidote for social stereotyping is

Accepted Answer

A) adopting just-world beliefs. 
B) creating self-fulfilling prophecies. 
C) accepting status inequalities. 
D) seeking individuating information. 
A) adopting just-world beliefs. 
B) creating self-fulfilling prophecies. 
C) accepting status inequalities. 
D) seeking individuating information.

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the ways a person can learn to be more tolerant?

Accepted Answer

A) decrease individuating information 
B) actively inhibit stereotypes 
C) believe in a fair and just world 
D) look for things that are different between oneself and another person 
A) decrease individuating information 
B) actively inhibit stereotypes 
C) believe in a fair and just world 
D) look for things that are different between oneself and another person

Question 8

_____ is a condition in which two or more persons must depend on one another to meet each person's needs or goals.

Accepted Answer

A) Deindividuation 
B) Mutual interdependence 
C) Status inequalities 
D) An empathy-helping relationship 
A) Deindividuation 
B) Mutual interdependence 
C) Status inequalities 
D) An empathy-helping relationship

Question 9

Symbolic prejudice is

Accepted Answer

A) easily identified. 
B) rather crude. 
C) disguised. 
D) obvious. 
A) easily identified. 
B) rather crude. 
C) disguised. 
D) obvious.

Question 10

An African-American candidate and a European-American candidate apply for a job.However, both are only moderately qualified for the position.The European-American making the hiring decision will most likely hire the European-American candidate because the person hiring will give this candidate the "benefit of the doubt" regarding his abilities.This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) group prejudice. 
B) personal prejudice. 
C) that people who do not believe they are prejudiced can unconsciously discriminate against minorities. 
D) the conscious creation of extreme stereotyping known as the "enemy image." 
A) group prejudice. 
B) personal prejudice. 
C) that people who do not believe they are prejudiced can unconsciously discriminate against minorities. 
D) the conscious creation of extreme stereotyping known as the "enemy image."

Exam 17: Extension B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Regarding televised violence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

_____ theorists predict that people growing up in nonaggressive cultures will be nonaggressive, while those raised in cultures with aggressive heroes and other aggressive models will develop aggressive responses.

Some prejudices are thought to result from _____ which is a type of displaced aggression.

Prejudicial attitudes held toward persons who are perceived as a direct threat to one's own interests are referred to as a(n) _____ prejudice.

According to psychologists Conor Seyle and Matthew Newman, using a purple American map rather than a red versus blue one

A good antidote for social stereotyping is

Which of the following is one of the ways a person can learn to be more tolerant?

_____ is a condition in which two or more persons must depend on one another to meet each person's needs or goals.

Symbolic prejudice is

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

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Extension A: States of Consciousness

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Extension C: States of Consciousness

Extension D: States of Consciousness

Extension A: Conditioning and Learning

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Extension A: Memory

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Extension A: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

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Extension D: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

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Extension A: Gender and Sexuality

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Extension A: Psychological Disorders

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