Chapter 9 and 10 Exam Questions Flashcards
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___ is behavior intended to injure another person.
Aggression
Which of the following actions is an example of aggression?
Physically attacking someone
An individual finds out he lost his job. The next day, he storms into the office where he used to work and shoots some of his coworkers because he was “just so angry at all of them.” This action would be classified as:
Emotional aggression
The tendency for weapons, such as guns, to enhance aggressive thoughts, feelings, and actions is known as the
Weapons effect
An individual who is characterized by a lack of empathy for others, a grandiose sense of self-worth, and a lack of sensitivity to punishment is known as
Psychopath
A researcher wants to know if exercise decreases depression. Dozens of studies that test this relationship have been conducted, so the researcher wants to combine all of them to investigate this issue. The best methodology to use in this situation is
Meta-analysis
The evolutionary principle that the gender that contributes more resources to the upbringing and care of them will be more careful in selecting a mate is known as
Differential parental investment
Dr. Jones wants to increase aggressive tendencies in her experimental participants. Which of the following substances could she use to increase aggressive tendencies?
Testosterone
A tendency to notice threats and to interpret other peoples behavior as intended to cause them harm is called
Defensive attributional style
According to your textbook, what is the effect of having a gun in the home for self-protection?
Gun owners increase their own likelyhood of being killed
Allessandro wanted to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Italy. He anonymously established a fun to help the families of the victims. Even inside the banks, no one knew who had done this. Allessandro did this without any desire for external or internal rewards. This is an example of…
Pure altruism
All of the following are goals for prosocial behavior except…
To display reactance
The concept of __ refers to the likelyhood that ones genetic makeup will be preserved not just in ones life but in future generations.
Inclusive fitness
The survival of ones genes in ones own offspring and in any relative one helps is known as…
Inclusive behavior
Research has demonstrated that ___ students tend to be __ prosocial than many other college students.
Economics, less
We are more likely to help individuals who are similar to us and with whom we have had early contact in the home because…
We perceive such individuals as being more likely to reciprocate helping
The social responsibility norm states that
We should help those in need who are dependent on help
Which of the following explanations does the text give for the fact that Catherine Genovese was killed while 38 neighbors observed and nobody helped?
The observers were not motivated to help because it would not lead to the survival of their genes
People possessing a strong religious code appear to help in order to
Manage self-image
You are an elementary school teacher who wants to increase the amount of help your students give to eachother. According to research on labelling effects, which of the strategies is likely to be successful?
Tell the children they are kind and helpful
Sometimes people will refuse to ask for and accept needed help in order to…
Maintain positive self-regard
According to the textbook, high self-esteem people are less likely to seek help than low self-esteem people
When getting help may make them look less competent
According to research in the arousal cost
/reward model of helping, if you are in an emergency and need help, you will be more likely to recieve help if you do all of the following except
Explain in detail all the help you need from the person
The mood-management hypothesis states that people are more likely to help
When they are temporarily sad
