Exam 43: Modifying Illness-Related Behaviors

When Christa learned that she did not make the cheerleading team,she stole clothes and toiletries out of the lockers of several cheerleaders.Her behavior is best explained in terms of

Which areas of the brain do researchers believe may be responsible for violent behavior because it is/they are damaged,immature,or disconnected?

A store owner charges Black customers more than Hispanic customers for the very same merchandise.The owner is most clearly engaging in

Parents who discipline their children with beatings are often teaching aggression through the process of

Prejudice is best defined as

If researchers found that people take longer to identify words such as assertive and bold as "strong" when the words are associated with female faces rather than with male faces,this finding would illustrate

According to the scapegoat theory,prejudice is likely to result from

The tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races is called

Professor Lindsten emphasized that aggressive behavior often involves the interactive influence of personal frustration,exposure to aggressive models,and heightened levels of arousal.The professor's emphasis best illustrates

The social group to which a person belongs is called the ________,and the social group to which a person does not belong is called the ________.

Morris,who is White,was a witness to a crime committed by one White and one Black suspect.When asked by the police to pick them out of a lineup,Morris was unable to pick out the Black suspect.This illustrates

When a mild-mannered woman had an electrode implanted in her amygdala,she

Disparaging or belittling a despised outgroup provides people with a heightened sense of

Evidence for the scapegoat theory of prejudice comes in two forms: ________ frustration and temporary frustration when a goal is thwarted,for example.

Ten-year-old Emmitt is able to bully other children to do what he wants because he is larger than they are.This successful bullying increases his self-esteem,which in turn leads to more bullying during the school year.Emmitt's bullying has increased due to

When temperatures rise in summer,the rates of violent crimes increase.This is best explained in terms of

The other-race effect refers to a bias with respect to the recognition of other people's

A readiness to assume that enslaved people deserve the cruel treatment they receive best illustrates

Before Mark had even heard the details of Allison's car accident,he commented,"Allison is so absentminded,I'm sure it happened because she was probably talking on her cell phone and not paying attention." Mark's response illustrates

In Major League Baseball games,the probability of batters being hit by a pitched ball increases with