quiz Agression and prejudice psy 312

Quiz: Aggression & Prejudice. Score for this quiz:   48   out of 50. Psyc 312 Question 1 2   / 2   pts Which of the following illustrates the concept of stereotyping?     Russell believes that all men love adventure.   Question 2 2   / 2   pts In the context of prejudice, which of the following exemplifies discrimination?     Beatriz refuses to share her hostel room with a girl belonging to a minority population.   Question 3 2   / 2   pts Your new roommate is from Ireland and is a skydiver as well as a tennis player. In the context of distinctiveness, you are most likely to introduce your roommate to your friends as a skydiver.   Question 4 2   / 2   pts A third-year college student fails a chemistry test. He goes back to his apartment and criticizes his roommate's choice of music. What term best describes this behavior?     displaced aggression   Incorrect Question 5 0   / 2   pts According to a study by Horowitz, in 2019, what percentage of U.S. adults said it's a good thing that the country's population is made up of people of many different races and ethnicities?     56%       66%   (incorrect)     76%       86%   Question 6 2   / 2   pts

In Harber's (1998) study, poorly written essays received high ratings if participants were led to believe they were written by _____ students.     Black   Question 7 2   / 2   pts Although Marcia says she is not prejudiced against Black people, she votes against interviewing a job applicant with what she believes to be an "African-sounding" name. She is exhibiting     racism.   Question 8 2   / 2   pts Which of the following statements is TRUE about religious and racial prejudice, according to Gordon Allport and Michael Ross (1967)?     Those for whom religion is an intrinsic end in itself express less prejudice than those for whom religion is more a means to other ends.   Question 9 2   / 2   pts Identify a TRUE statement about distinctive events and illusory correlations.     Attention to unusual occurrences creates illusory correlations.   Question 10 2   / 2   pts Recent research confirms that prejudiced and stereotypic evaluations     can occur outside of people's awareness. Question 11 2   / 2   pts Identify a TRUE statement about the effect of stereotypes on individuals' judgments.     Strong stereotypes that are irrelevant do color the judgments of individuals.   Question 12 2   / 2   pts Research on gender attitudes conducted by Alice Eagly and her associates (1991) and Geoffrey Haddock and Mark Zanna (1994) suggests that most people like women more than men.  

In an experiment conducted by Griffitt (1970), students who answered questionnaires while they were ________ reported feeling more tired and aggressive and expressed more hostility toward a stranger than did participants in a control group.     in an uncomfortably hot room   Question 20 2   / 2   pts Research suggests that the sight of a weapon can     prime aggressive thoughts.   Question 21 2   / 2   pts In the context of aggression as a biological phenomenon, status-based aggression helps explain why aggression is   highest during adolescence and early adulthood.   Question 22 2   / 2   pts In both laboratory and everyday worlds, increased aggression is predicted by   provocation.   Question 23 2   / 2   pts A man had problems controlling himself as a young child. Which of the following is likely true of the man as an adult? He will be vulnerable to substance abuse.   Question 24 2   / 2   pts Bandura (1979) contended that whether we act aggressively depends on   the anticipated consequences.   Question 25 2   / 2   pts In the context of culture change and world violence, which of the following statements is true?     The United States is the only western democracy that has not abolished the death penalty.