Exam 10: Aggression: Hurting Others

When aggression is displaced,generally,the new target ________.

The redirection of aggression to a safer or more socially acceptable target other than the source of the frustration is referred to as:

Mullen (1986)reported that the greater the number of people in a lynch mob,the ________ the murder and mutilation.

Identify a true statement about the influence of media on aggression.

In the context of aggression,the most-studied environmental irritant is:

According to Albert Bandura (1997),an important influence on one's tendency to be aggressive is:

In the context of aggression,which of the following refers to emotional release?

Which hormone is closely correlated with human aggression?

As part of therapy,a clinical psychologist encourages her patients to install punching bags in their homes to release their pent-up aggression.The therapist apparently believes in:

In the context of the influences on aggression in youths sharing antisocial tendencies,self-identity diminishes as group members in a gang ________.

In a famous experiment by Albert Bandura and his colleagues (1961),children watched an adult attack a Bobo doll with a mallet.They were then shown some toys that they were forbidden to play with.When they were taken to another room,they:

In the context of the social learning approach to aggression,according to R. A.Baron (1977),threatened punishment can deter aggression only when ________.

According to Bartholow and Heinz (2006),Giancola and Corman (2007),and Ito et al.(1996),alcohol enhances aggressiveness by ________.

The frustration-aggression theory is designed to explain:

Viewing pornography:

Which of the following is the best example of instrumental aggression?

Bushman (2002)invited angered participants to hit a punching bag while either ruminating about the person who angered them or thinking about becoming physically fit.A third group of participants did not hit the punching bag.When given a chance to administer loud blasts of noise to the person who angered them,people in ________ felt angrier and were most aggressive.

In 2003,American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis but as an act of liberation and of self-defense against presumed weapons of mass destruction.Social psychologists would consider this an example of ________ aggression.

An instinctive behavior is a behavior that is:

________ aggression springs from anger,and its only goal is to injure.