Deck 10: Social Behavior

Question 1

Six-year-old J.D. does not obey school rules, pokes other kids, and often damages classroom materials like textbooks. He twice threw a chair. His misbehavior has been going on for the past school year and the beginning of the next year. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated here?

A) bullying
B) reactive aggression
C) oppositional defiant disorder
D) social aggression

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Among the following individuals, who is most likely to develop prosocial behavior?

A) Antwan is distressed when his friends are distressed and  walks away.
B) Two-year-old Ines doesn't protest when her mother leaves, and she doesn't react when  mother returns.
C) Che's parents reward him with candy when he helps his younger brother.
D) Diquan's parents use victim-centered induction.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is a protective factor for antisocial behavior?

A) religiosity
B) authoritarian parenting
C) indulgent parenting
D) power assertive discipline

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which type of victim is most common?

A) proactive victims
B) submissive victims
C) aggressive victims
D) antisocial victims

Question 5

Twelve-year-old Delia  refuses to let other girls join her group of friends. She ignores other girls and spreads rumors that they smell and have dirty underwear. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this scenario?

A) social aggression
B) instrumental aggression
C) victim-centered induction
D) hostile attribution bias

Question 6

Pablo keeps pushing and poking Ben. The teacher asks Pablo to stop teasing Ben and to think about how sad it must make Ben feel. In this scenario the teacher is using which of the following?

A) emotional dissemblance
B) victim-centered induction
C) power-assertive discipline
D) altruism

Question 7

Which of the following does prosocial behavior NOT predict?

A) depression
B) peer popularity
C) happiness
D) higher grades and test scores

Question 8

There is evidence that which of the following increases prosocial behavior in the long-term?

A) victim-centered induction
B) tangible rewards
C) high levels of parental control
D) higher grades and test scores

Question 9

Instrumental aggression is likely to be observed when a child wants to

A) get even.
B) establish dominance.
C) hurt another child.
D) obtain the last slice of pizza.

Question 10

Sally is big and mean. Every day she teases Doris on the way to and from school, and sometimes she pushes Doris. What kind of aggression is Sally exhibiting?

A) instrumental
B) retaliation
C) reactive
D) bullying

Question 11

Which of the following is true of aggression?

A) Physical aggression increases until adolescence and then decreases.
B) Social aggression is a less mature form of aggression than physical aggression.
C) Aggression during adolescence is more likely to be instrumental than hostile.
D) Aggression declines from early childhood through adolescence.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true about age trends in average levels of aggression?

A) The most aggressive age group is preschoolers from about 2 to 4 years of age
B) The most aggressive age group is about 6 to 9 years of age
C) Aggression steadily increases from preschool to adolescence
D) Infants try to be aggressive but are limited because they cannot move effectively

Question 13

Which of the following is true of conduct disorder?

A) it applies to children under age 8 who are hostile and defiant
B) it is more likely in boys than girls.
C) one symptom is excessive guilt
D) it is diagnosed only in the case of severe behavior, like rape and physical violence

Question 14

Bullying represents which types of aggression?

A) proactive and reactive
B) proactive and hostile
C) proactive and instrumental
D) reactive

Question 15

Your colleague says that her third grade students are always trying to feed the pets, pick up dropped papers, and share pencils. She finds their behavior frustrating. What advice do you have for her?

A) praise students when they do not do those behaviors in order to eliminate those behaviors
B) tell her that she should encourage students to practice prosocial behavior
C) emphasize that the teacher, not other students, should feel responsible for feeding pets and providing pencils
D) post rules on the wall and enforce them

Question 16

Which of the following has increased over the past 50 or so years?

A) teen pregnancy
B) dropping out of high school
C) student interest in school subjects
D) antisocial behavior

Question 17

Lucio buys two comic books that he really wants. When his friend drops his new comic book in dirty water, Lucio gives one of his comics to his friend. Lucio is displaying which of the following?

A) victim-centered induction
B) altruism
C) metacognition
D) inductive reasoning

Question 18

Which of the following statements best describes the pattern of tendency to share?

A) Infants don't like to share, but when they are two years old or so they begin to share if they are praised for sharing.
B) Infants don't like to share, but when they are two years old or so they begin to share spontaneously.
C) Infants spontaneously share, but when they are two years old or so, they begin to share less due to self-interest.
D) Infants spontaneously share occasionally, and increase their sharing as adults praise them for sharing.

Question 19

Juan picks on his little brother, which causes his parents to yell at him. Lately they have to yell a lot to get his attention, and he yells back at them. When they punish him, he behaves for a little while, but soon misbehaves. His parents punish him more. What is the label given to this form of family interaction?

A) instrumental aggression
B) authoritarian parenting
C) coercive family cycle
D) mal-natured family

Question 20

What is prosocial behavior?

A) behavior in the third level of Kohlberg's hierarchy of moral development
B) voluntary behavior that benefits others
C) behavior that benefits others at the expense of the self
D) behavior at Piaget's autonomous level of moral development

Question 21

Which of the following statements about sibling rivalry is true?

A) it is a major problem in most families that have more than one child
B) it is reported by only about 9% of children
C) according to Freud, it is the most important conflict in life
D) it is defined as conflict between siblings to acquire physical objects like food and toys

Question 22

What country made a concerted effort to reduce bullying, and it worked?

A) U.S.
B) England
C) Norway
D) Mexico

Question 23

Name three things that positively predict prosocial behavior.

Question 24

Two students, Nicolas and Pia, are fighting over a puzzle. Nicolas gets frustrated and goes to read a book, while Pia goes to work on her math homework. Which of the following concepts is illustrated?

A) compromise
B) hostile attribution bias
C) disengagement
D) peer mediation

Question 25

Which of the following is true about conflict-resolution programs?

A) They often increase conflict and aggression in schools because they put aggressors together
B) They have little effect, positive or negative
C) In-school suspension is less expensive and works as well as conflict resolution programs
D) Research shows that some do reduce conflict

Question 26

According to the text, in which country do adults tend to be heavier handed and dominant when they deal with children's conflict?

A) Japan
B) U.S.
C) Iceland
D) Norway

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a common form of conflict resolution?

A) compromise
B) disengagement
C) negative reinforcement
D) coercion

Question 28

The I Can Problem Solve program emphasizes which of the following?

A) using induction
B) thinking about alternative solutions and possible consequences of the solutions
C) using tangible rewards to shape students' behavior
D) using praise as a reward to shape students' behavior

Question 29

For a teacher, what is the best predictor of a student's conduct disorder?

Question 30

As children move through adolescence, what is a possible reason the text gives for why they do not increase their prosocial behavior?

Question 31

Ms. Abzug wants to reduce hostility and aggression in her classroom. Which approach should be most effective?

A) ban food and drink during class because the students fight over food and make a mess
B) retain (fail in grade) less mature students so that they have time to learn self-control
C) use power assertive discipline to ensure compliance
D) build academic skills

Question 32

In which area is there strong gender differences?

A) aggression
B) verbal reasoning
C) intelligence
D) arithmetic

Question 33

Maritza is always ready to retaliate. When she drops her cell phone and a student walking by accidently kicks it, she assumes he kicked it on purpose. She yells at him and slugs him. Maritza is displaying which of the following?

A) instrumental aggression
B) hostile attribution bias
C) coercive family cycle
D) bullying

Question 34

Describe the level of stability of aggression.

Question 35

According to the social information processing model, what might cause Akash to experience hostile attribution bias?

A) Akash interprets other students' behavior as hostile based on his memory of previous negative experiences.
B) Akash was beaten up in a fight the previous year.
C) Other youth say they want to hurt and injure Akash, which makes him feel hostile.
D) Akash wants to acquire physical objects like toys, which makes him act with hostility.

Question 36

Which of the following is true of SES differences in aggression and antisocial behavior?

A) low SES and high SES youth are about equally likely to be antisocial
B) the pattern of high aggression among low SES youth is consistent across countries
C) in the U.S., low SES youth are more antisocial than middle and high SES youth
D) high SES youth use more violent media, which causes them to be more antisocial than low SES youth

Question 37

People often claim that girls are more socially aggressive than boys. What does the text say about this claim?

A) It is probably just a stereotype; boys are socially aggressive as often as girls.
B) It is supported by research from countries in North America and Europe.
C) It is supported by research in the U.S., but not in other countries.
D) Boys and girls are equally socially aggressive until about age 9, when girls become much more socially aggressive.

Question 38

Theory of mind is important for the social information processing model because students must do which of the following?

A) generate goals for behavior
B) figure out other people's intentions
C) display their emotions
D) observe others' emotions and then imitate them