Social Psychology Exam 4 Review

Planting a nail behind someone's tire in the parking lot so that the nail pops the tire when the person tries to leave is an example of:

• 
  instrumental-proactive aggression

• 
  instrumental-reaction aggression

• hostile-reaction aggression

• hostile-proactive aggression

_____ tend to provide more social support, _____ tend to provide more behavioral support.

• women; men

• men; women

• individualists; collectivists

• collectivists; individualists

Zachariah hits is brother over the head after his brother took the last cookie from the cookie jar. This example best illustrates:

• realistic conflict theory

• the weapons effect

• social learning theory

• catharsis theory

Pure altruism is believed to function through:

• empathic concern

• the norm of reciprocity

• egoistic motivations

• prosociality

According to research by Anderson and colleagues, the weapons effect works at least partially through:

• priming aggressive thoughts

• catharsis

• social modeling of aggressive behavior

• competition for resources

According to research by Batres & Shiramizu, the halo effect is only present in individualistic cultures like the United States.

• true

• false

The hypothesis that aggressive behavior increases when aggressive behavior is modeled for children is supported by:

• social learning theory

• rumination theory

• the weapons effect

• realistic conflict theory

Research by Langlois & Roggman found that "average" faces are rated as more attractive. This means that people rated a "5" out of 10 on an attractiveness scale are considered the most attractive.

• true

• false

The matching hypothesis refers to the tendency for people to pair up based on similar

• levels of physical attractiveness

• attitudes

• demographic characteristics

• values

Research by Mischkowski et al. showed that distancing oneself from situations that prompt frustration and aggression can lead to a reduction in:

• implicit aggressive thoughts

• feelings of aggression

• aggressive behaviors

• explicit aggressive thoughts