45 Antisocial Relations

Question 1

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

Answer 1

discrimination

Question 2

When visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after World War II, one German civilian was said to have remarked, “What terrible criminals these prisoners must have been to receive such treatment.” This reaction is best explained in terms of:

Answer 2

the just-world phenomenon

Question 3

Aggressive behavior is most likely to be ________ by injections of testosterone and ________ by consumption of alcohol.

Answer 3

increased; increased

Question 4

After being heavily exposed to X-rated films, men are later ________ likely to perceive extramarital sex as troubling and ________ likely to perceive a woman’s friendliness as sexual interest.

Answer 4

less; more

Question 5

People may unconsciously harbor negative racial associations. This best illustrates the subtle nature of

Answer 5

implicit prejudice

Question 6

Evidence that people exhibit heightened levels of prejudice when they are economically frustrated offers support for

Answer 6

the scapegoat theory

Question 7

We have a tendency to overestimate the similarities among people we have sorted into a single category. This best illustrates the ________ roots of prejudice.

Answer 7

cognitive

Question 8

Shortly after Alex learned that he had failed to make the high school football team, he vandalized the team’s locker room and broke several classroom windows. His behavior is best explained in terms of

Answer 8

the frustration-aggression principle

Question 9

Compared with their nonplaying counterparts, young adolescents who play a lot of violent video games have been found to

Answer 9

get into more arguments and fights