Tim enjoys watching violent action movies and television shows on most evenings as well as listening to music with violent lyrics. When faced with real-life conflict he tends to respond with aggressive behavior because he believes that he needs to "act like a man." According to social psychologists he has learned _____, which is/are mental tapes for how to act due to this exposure to media violence.

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Answer:

The answer is social scripts.

Explanation:

Social scripts refer to a set of behaviours an reactions that are expected to occur ("act like a man"). The name is an analogy of movie scripts, meaning we tend to learn a predetermined course of action as if we were a character.

Most of our known social scripts are learned through observation. An example is what you're expected to do in a fancy restaurant, in a classroom, or in a job interview.