Question 1

The belief that we learn to be aggressive by observing aggression in others is held by

Accepted Answer

A)  the ethological learning theorists. 
B)  the dissonance conditioning theorists. 
C)  the social learning theorists. 
D)  no serious theorists.

Question 2

You are fighting off an attacker and see people across the street, but they are not looking your way.Your textbook suggests that it would be best to scream

Accepted Answer

A)  very loudly. 
B)  "Fire." 
C)  "Help, he has a gun." 
D)  none of these phrases.

Question 3

Which of the following is a type of test that can be used to determine if one is prejudiced regarding gender, race, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or weight and involves classifying words into various categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​social readjustment rating scale 
B)  ​implicit association test 
C)  ​F-scale 
D)  ​personality type indicator

Question 4

Shared beliefs that tend to trigger hostility between groups include all of the following EXCEPT believing that

Accepted Answer

A)  they are superior to other groups. 
B)  they have been unjustly exploited, wronged, or humiliated. 
C)  other groups are dishonest and a threat. 
D)  solutions can be reached through cooperation and compromise.

Question 5

Many times when stereotypes and prejudiced beliefs were learned in childhood, a person may still have lingering unconscious biases even when they are trying hard not to be prejudiced.This illustrates the occurrence of

Accepted Answer

A)  the stereotype threat. 
B)  explicit prejudice. 
C)  symbolic prejudice. 
D)  implicit prejudice.

Question 6

The F-scale is used to measure qualities related to

Accepted Answer

A)  the antisocial personality. 
B)  aggressiveness and its effects on one's health. 
C)  the authoritarian personality. 
D)  passive compliance.

Question 7

A prime example of the weapons effect is the fact that murders are more likely to occur in homes where guns are kept.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to your textbook, one of the most important factors in helping others involves

Accepted Answer

A)  making ourselves feel less depressed. 
B)  fulfilling our need for affiliation. 
C)  our feeling of connection to the victim. 
D)  our need for recognition and achievement.

Question 9

If Maggie has conflicting feelings of affection, anger, emotional turmoil, physical attraction, and doubt regarding her relationship with Greg, she would be described as having an avoidant attachment style.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following tests involves classifying words into the categories, such as "male or career," "female or family," "male or family," and "female or career"?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​implicit association test 
B)  ​social readjustment rating scale 
C)  ​prejudice-discrimination test 
D)  ​F-scale

Question 11

An expectation that prompts people to act in ways that make the expectation come true is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  social competition. 
B)  a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
C)  individuating. 
D)  a just-world belief.

Question 12

Connie and Rhonda are new employees at the company.In the past month since they were hired, they have developed a friendship as each confides to the other about their struggles to work and take care of family as well as their impressions of other employees.Their close relationship has developed because they chose to share their thoughts and feelings with each other.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  self-disclosure. 
B)  social comparison. 
C)  empathic helping. 
D)  social exchange.

Question 13

If you agree that "people can be divided into the weak and the strong," or that "If people talked less and worked more, everybody would be better off," your personality would be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative. 
B)  liberal. 
C)  superordinate. 
D)  authoritarian.

Question 14

In one study, prejudiced persons expressed negative attitudes toward two nonexistent groups, the "Piraneans" and the "Danirians," which illustrates how stereotypes of prejudiced people tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  ​mutually interdependent. 
B)  ​superordinate. 
C)  ​unusually irrational. 
D)  ​inconsistent.

Question 15

During wars, which of the following provides a degree of emotional insulation that makes it easier for soldiers to harm other humans, while also making terrorism, torture, murder, and genocide possible?​

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotype threat 
B)  ​social facilitation 
C)  ​superordinate goals 
D)  ​dehumanization

Question 16

Hypoglycemia, allergies, and brain disorders can lower the threshold for aggression.This fact most directly supports which view of aggression?

Accepted Answer

A)  instinctual 
B)  biological 
C)  modeling 
D)  behavioral

Question 17

Behaviors, such as love, attraction, friendship, and empathy would be regarded as __________ behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  prosocial 
B)  companionate 
C)  mutual interdependent 
D)  ethnocentric

Question 18

Learning to use the suggested steps to limit one's anger has been shown to do all of the following EXCEPT​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​make a person too conforming and passive. 
B)  ​lessen tendencies toward child abuse. 
C)  ​lessen tendencies toward family violence. 
D)  ​decrease destructive outbursts.

Question 19

If your car breaks down on the highway, analysis of the studies on bystander intervention suggests that you are most likely to receive help if

Accepted Answer

A)  there are only one or two cars on the highway. 
B)  there are many cars on the highway. 
C)  you are a woman stranded on the highway rather than a man. 
D)  there are shifting patterns of heavy and light traffic on the highway.

Question 20

The unwillingness of nearby people to offer help during emergencies or to become involved in others' problems is known as __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The unwillingness of nearby people to offer...

Exam 17: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.