Exam 10: Aggression: Its Nature,causes,and Control

Mike,a seventh-grader,is on the playground.Mike has started pushing another student around and has punched him twice when a teacher intervenes.Mike tries to explain his aggressiveness by saying,"I wanted his coat - I was cold." This is an example of ________.

Do evolutionary factors play a large role in aggression? What was Freud's theory about violence? What does more recent research say about a likely evolutionary role for violence? But what does Hawley's research say about this?

A bully's victim usually ________.

Research indicates that most people perceive ____ as ____ and therefore are more likely to respond ____.

Exposure to ________ strengthens beliefs,expectations,and other cognitive processes related to aggression,which leads to increased aggressive behavior.

The idea that physiological arousal produced in one situation can persist and intensify emotional responses in a different situation is known as ________.

When asked how a man might lose his "manhood," people provide a long list that includes all of the following EXCEPT

Violent video games have impacts on aggressive thoughts,feelings,and behaviors,but surprisingly these games also

The TASS model theorizes that

Bill,a seventh-grader,is on the playground.Bill has started pushing another student around and has punched him twice when a teacher intervenes.Bill tries to explain his aggressiveness by saying,"I was just having fun." This is an example of ________.

Teasing may be interpreted in a ________ hostile way in a collectivist culture than in an individualistic one.

After participants were told they would likely spend the future alone,they were asked to rate the person in the story on a variety of traits.Compared to participants told they would be closely connected to others in the future,participants in the social exclusion condition were more likely to say the character in the story was _______.

Narcissism refers to holding ________.

In the US,___ of nonfatal violence against women and ___ of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner.

Provocation is any action that tends to trigger aggression in the recipient when that action is perceived as arising from________ intent.

Widespread effects of media violence appear to be from exposure to media defined as ________.

After braiding a rope or a mannequin's hair,men were given a choice of task.What did they choose?

The Type A behavior pattern ________.

Exposure to media violence may increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior because it creates ________.

________ studies track the same participants over a long period of time.