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Regarding social learning theory and aggression, which of the following statements is TRUE?   According to the social learning theory, cultural factors have not been shown to have any significant impact on aggressive behavior

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Regarding social learning theory and aggression, which of the following statements is TRUE?

 

• According to the social learning theory, cultural factors have not been shown to have any significant impact on aggressive behavior.
• The social learning theory states that instincts and the triggering of certain brain areas by environmental cues are responsible for one's aggressive responses.
• The social learning theory predicts that victims of violence during childhood are likely to become violent themselves.
• According to the social learning theory, frustration leads to one becoming aggressive because aversive stimuli in the environment make one uncomfortable.

If integrated schools provide equal-status contact, what is the most likely reason that prejudice was not reduced?

• superordinate goals preventing the minority-group children from succeeding
• minority-group children being unprepared to compete academically on an equal footing
• the prejudices of the teachers and administrators
• the failure of schools to truly integrate

Relationships are more likely to persist when lovers

• realistically appraise their partner's strengths and weaknesses.
• idealize their partner.
• base their relationship on passion.
• have a personality that is different from their partner's.

The main difference between loving and liking is that loving involves which of the following, while liking does not?

• self-disclosure
• deep mutual absorption
• all of these
• reciprocity

Antisocial behaviors include which of the following?

• aggression
• prejudice
• all of these
• cyberbullying

 

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According to Sternberg, the form of love that is more common among couples who have been together a long time and includes only the elements of intimacy and commitment is __________ love.

• consummate
• companionate
• nonlove
• liking

You are more likely to help another person if

• all of these conditions are present.
• the person is very different from you.
• you have an image of yourself as a helpful person.
• you are feeling a diffusion of responsibility.

 

 

The fact that more murders occur in homes where guns are kept illustrates the importance of

• the weapons effect.
• a biological predisposition to aggress.
• stereotyped responding.
• learned helplessness.

Regarding gender differences in bullying, male bullies are more likely to engage in

• verbal aggression, while female bullies tend to specialize in physical aggression.
• cyberbullying, while female bullies tend to specialize in direct aggression.
• direct aggression, while female bullies tend to specialize in indirect aggression.
• indirect aggression, while female bullies tend to specialize in direct aggression.

Modern racists often find ways to rationalize their prejudice so that it seems to be based on issues other than raw racism. This best illustrates

• social stereotyping.
• dogmatism.
• superordinate goals.
• symbolic prejudice.

Aaron's teachers tell him that they expect great things from him because his two older siblings earned high grades in their class. As a result, Aaron studies harder for these classes and earns an "A" in each of them. This is an example of ________.

• a self-fulfilling prophecy
• stereotype threat
• the just-world hypothesis
• the empathy-altruism connection

Which of the following is NOT one of the adult attachment styles?

• rejecting
• ambivalent
• avoidant
• secure

Common sources of prejudice include

• adherence to group norms
• unfortunate experiences with members of the rejected group.
• a general personality trait known as authoritarianism.
• all of these.

Which of the following is NOT helpful in reducing prejudice?

• being willing to get acquainted with people from other ethnic groups
• emphasizing competition and individual effort
• looking for commonalities with others
• cooperating with others